Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy
Abstract Uniaxial pressure provides an efficient approach to control charge density waves in YBa2Cu3Oy. It can enhance the correlation volume of ubiquitous short-range two-dimensional charge-density-wave correlations, and induces a long-range three-dimensional charge density wave, otherwise only acc...
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| author | I. Vinograd S. M. Souliou A.-A. Haghighirad T. Lacmann Y. Caplan M. Frachet M. Merz G. Garbarino Y. Liu S. Nakata K. Ishida H. M. L. Noad M. Minola B. Keimer D. Orgad C. W. Hicks M. Le Tacon |
| author_facet | I. Vinograd S. M. Souliou A.-A. Haghighirad T. Lacmann Y. Caplan M. Frachet M. Merz G. Garbarino Y. Liu S. Nakata K. Ishida H. M. L. Noad M. Minola B. Keimer D. Orgad C. W. Hicks M. Le Tacon |
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| description | Abstract Uniaxial pressure provides an efficient approach to control charge density waves in YBa2Cu3Oy. It can enhance the correlation volume of ubiquitous short-range two-dimensional charge-density-wave correlations, and induces a long-range three-dimensional charge density wave, otherwise only accessible at large magnetic fields. Here, we use x-ray diffraction to study the strain dependence of these charge density waves and uncover direct evidence for a form of competition between them. We show that this interplay is qualitatively described by including strain effects in a nonlinear sigma model of competing superconducting and charge-density-wave orders. Our analysis suggests that strain stabilizes the 3D charge density wave in the regions between disorder-pinned domains of 2D charge density waves, and that the two orders compete at the boundaries of these domains. No signatures of discommensurations nor of pair density waves are observed. From a broader perspective, our results underscore the potential of strain tuning as a powerful tool for probing competing orders in quantum materials. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-252cdbd2d6ec4e0989656eac4fc567d22024-04-21T11:24:07ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-04-011511910.1038/s41467-024-47540-wUsing strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3OyI. Vinograd0S. M. Souliou1A.-A. Haghighirad2T. Lacmann3Y. Caplan4M. Frachet5M. Merz6G. Garbarino7Y. Liu8S. Nakata9K. Ishida10H. M. L. Noad11M. Minola12B. Keimer13D. Orgad14C. W. Hicks15M. Le Tacon16Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyInstitute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyInstitute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyInstitute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyRacah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew UniversityInstitute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyInstitute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyESRF, The European SynchrotronMax Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchMax Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchMax Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of SolidsMax Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of SolidsMax Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchMax Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchRacah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew UniversityMax Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of SolidsInstitute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyAbstract Uniaxial pressure provides an efficient approach to control charge density waves in YBa2Cu3Oy. It can enhance the correlation volume of ubiquitous short-range two-dimensional charge-density-wave correlations, and induces a long-range three-dimensional charge density wave, otherwise only accessible at large magnetic fields. Here, we use x-ray diffraction to study the strain dependence of these charge density waves and uncover direct evidence for a form of competition between them. We show that this interplay is qualitatively described by including strain effects in a nonlinear sigma model of competing superconducting and charge-density-wave orders. Our analysis suggests that strain stabilizes the 3D charge density wave in the regions between disorder-pinned domains of 2D charge density waves, and that the two orders compete at the boundaries of these domains. No signatures of discommensurations nor of pair density waves are observed. From a broader perspective, our results underscore the potential of strain tuning as a powerful tool for probing competing orders in quantum materials.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47540-w |
| spellingShingle | I. Vinograd S. M. Souliou A.-A. Haghighirad T. Lacmann Y. Caplan M. Frachet M. Merz G. Garbarino Y. Liu S. Nakata K. Ishida H. M. L. Noad M. Minola B. Keimer D. Orgad C. W. Hicks M. Le Tacon Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy Nature Communications |
| title | Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy |
| title_full | Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy |
| title_fullStr | Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy |
| title_short | Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy |
| title_sort | using strain to uncover the interplay between two and three dimensional charge density waves in high temperature superconducting yba2cu3oy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47540-w |
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