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Magnetic field-induced pair density wave state in the cuprate vortex halo

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

S.D. Edkins
A. Kostin
K. Fujita
A.P. Mackenzie
H. Eisaki
S. Uchida
S. Sachdev
M.J. Lawler
Eun-Ah Kim
J.C. Davis
M.H. Hamidian

Abstract

High magnetic fields suppress cuprate superconductivity to reveal an unusual density wave (DW) state coexisting with unexplained quantum oscillations. Although routinely labeled a charge density wave (CDW), this DWstate could actually be an electron-pair density wave (PDW). To search for evidence of a field-induced PDW, we visualized modulations in the density of electronic states N(r) within the halo surrounding Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 vortex cores. We detected numerous phenomena predicted for a field-induced PDW, including two sets of particle-hole symmetric N(r) modulations with wave vectors QP and 2QP, with the latter decaying twice as rapidly from the core as the former. These data imply that the primary field-induced state in underdoped superconducting cuprates is a PDW, with approximately eight CuO2 unit-cell periodicity and coexisting with its secondary CDWs. © 2017 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. The title Science is a registered trademark of AAAS.

Date Published

Journal

Science

Volume

364

Issue

6444

Number of Pages

976-980,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067479809&doi=10.1126%2fscience.aat1773&partnerID=40&md5=0b9e28d775986f8e9d004613b65caba5

DOI

10.1126/science.aat1773

Group (Lab)

J.C. Seamus Davis Group
Michael Lawler Group

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