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Dynamic electron correlations with charge order wavelength along all directions in the copper oxide plane

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  • F. Boschini

    (Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia
    University of British Columbia
    Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • M. Minola

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • R. Sutarto

    (Canadian Light Source)

  • E. Schierle

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, BESSY II)

  • M. Bluschke

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, BESSY II)

  • S. Das

    (University of California San Diego)

  • Y. Yang

    (University of California San Diego)

  • M. Michiardi

    (Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia
    University of British Columbia
    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids)

  • Y. C. Shao

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • X. Feng

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • S. Ono

    (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

  • R. D. Zhong

    (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

  • J. A. Schneeloch

    (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

  • G. D. Gu

    (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

  • E. Weschke

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, BESSY II)

  • F. He

    (Canadian Light Source)

  • Y. D. Chuang

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • B. Keimer

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • A. Damascelli

    (Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia
    University of British Columbia)

  • A. Frano

    (University of California San Diego)

  • E. H. da Silva Neto

    (University of California
    Yale University
    Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University)

Abstract

In strongly correlated systems the strength of Coulomb interactions between electrons, relative to their kinetic energy, plays a central role in determining their emergent quantum mechanical phases. We perform resonant x-ray scattering on Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, a prototypical cuprate superconductor, to probe electronic correlations within the CuO2 plane. We discover a dynamic quasi-circular pattern in the x-y scattering plane with a radius that matches the wave vector magnitude of the well-known static charge order. Along with doping- and temperature-dependent measurements, our experiments reveal a picture of charge order competing with superconductivity where short-range domains along x and y can dynamically rotate into any other in-plane direction. This quasi-circular spectrum, a hallmark of Brazovskii-type fluctuations, has immediate consequences to our understanding of rotational and translational symmetry breaking in the cuprates. We discuss how the combination of short- and long-range Coulomb interactions results in an effective non-monotonic potential that may determine the quasi-circular pattern.

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  • F. Boschini & M. Minola & R. Sutarto & E. Schierle & M. Bluschke & S. Das & Y. Yang & M. Michiardi & Y. C. Shao & X. Feng & S. Ono & R. D. Zhong & J. A. Schneeloch & G. D. Gu & E. Weschke & F. He & Y., 2021. "Dynamic electron correlations with charge order wavelength along all directions in the copper oxide plane," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-20824-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20824-7
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    1. Changwei Zou & Jaewon Choi & Qizhi Li & Shusen Ye & Chaohui Yin & Mirian Garcia-Fernandez & Stefano Agrestini & Qingzheng Qiu & Xinqiang Cai & Qian Xiao & Xingjiang Zhou & Ke-Jin Zhou & Yayu Wang & Yi, 2024. "Evolution from a charge-ordered insulator to a high-temperature superconductor in Bi2Sr2(Ca,Dy)Cu2O8+δ," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.

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