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Palle G, Ojajärvi R, Fernandes RM, Schmalian J. Superconductivity due to fluctuating loop currents. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadn3662. [PMID: 38875341 PMCID: PMC11177937 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn3662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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Orbital magnetism and the loop currents (LCs) that accompany it have been proposed to emerge in many systems, including cuprates, iridates, and kagome superconductors. In the case of cuprates, LCs have been put forward as the driving force behind the pseudogap, strange-metal behavior, and dx2-y2-wave superconductivity. Here, we investigate whether fluctuating intra-unit-cell LCs can cause unconventional superconductivity. For odd-parity LCs, we find that they are repulsive in all pairing channels near the underlying quantum-critical point (QCP). For even-parity LCs, their fluctuations give rise to unconventional pairing, which is not amplified in the vicinity of the QCP, in sharp contrast to pairing mediated by spin-magnetic, nematic, or ferroelectric fluctuations. Applying our formalism to the cuprates, we conclude that fluctuating intra-unit-cell LCs are unlikely to yield dx2-y2-wave superconductivity. If LCs are to be relevant for the cuprates, they must break translation symmetry.
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- Grgur Palle
- Institute for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Kim Y, Gil B, Kim J, Lee Y, Kim D, Hahn S, Noh TW, Kim M, Kim C. Growth and Electronic Structure of Copper Oxide Monolayer Epitaxial Films. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:7273-7278. [PMID: 37552567 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Copper-based high-temperature superconductors share a common feature in their crystal structure, which is the presence of a CuO2 plane, where superconductivity takes place. Therefore, important questions arise as to whether superconductivity can exist in a single layer of the CuO2 plane and, if so, how such superconductivity in a single CuO2 plane differs from that in a bulk cuprate system. To answer these questions, studies of the superconductivity in cuprate monolayers are necessary. In this study, we constructed a heterostructure system with a La2-xSrxCuO4 (LSCO) monolayer containing a single CuO2 plane and measured the resulting electronic structures. Monolayer LSCO has metallic and bulk-like electronic structures. The hole doping ratio of the monolayer LSCO is found to depend on the underlying buffer layer due to the interface effect. Our work will provide a platform for research into ideal two-dimensional cuprate systems.
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- Youngdo Kim
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Research Institute of Basic Sciences (RIBS), Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Harrison N, Chan MK. Harrison and Chan Reply. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:199702. [PMID: 37243646 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.199702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- N Harrison
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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von Arx K, Wang Q, Mustafi S, Mazzone DG, Horio M, Mukkattukavil DJ, Pomjakushina E, Pyon S, Takayama T, Takagi H, Kurosawa T, Momono N, Oda M, Brookes NB, Betto D, Zhang W, Asmara TC, Tseng Y, Schmitt T, Sassa Y, Chang J. Fate of charge order in overdoped La-based cuprates. NPJ QUANTUM MATERIALS 2023; 8:7. [PMID: 38666240 PMCID: PMC11041719 DOI: 10.1038/s41535-023-00539-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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In high-temperature cuprate superconductors, stripe order refers broadly to a coupled spin and charge modulation with a commensuration of eight and four lattice units, respectively. How this stripe order evolves across optimal doping remains a controversial question. Here we present a systematic resonant inelastic x-ray scattering study of weak charge correlations in La2-xSrxCuO4 and La1.8-xEu0.2SrxCuO4. Ultra high energy resolution experiments demonstrate the importance of the separation of inelastic and elastic scattering processes. Long-range temperature-dependent stripe order is only found below optimal doping. At higher doping, short-range temperature-independent correlations are present up to the highest doping measured. This transformation is distinct from and preempts the pseudogap critical doping. We argue that the doping and temperature-independent short-range correlations originate from unresolved electron-phonon coupling that broadly peaks at the stripe ordering vector. In La2-xSrxCuO4, long-range static stripe order vanishes around optimal doping and we discuss both quantum critical and crossover scenarios.
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- K. von Arx
- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, PSI Switzerland
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581 Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8646 Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810 Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810 Japan
- Department of Applied Sciences, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, 050-8585 Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810 Japan
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, B.P. 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, B.P. 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Swiss Light Source, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, PSI Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, PSI Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, PSI Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, PSI Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Differentiated roles of Lifshitz transition on thermodynamics and superconductivity in La 2-xSr xCuO 4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2204630119. [PMID: 35914123 PMCID: PMC9371668 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204630119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The effect of Lifshitz transition on thermodynamics and superconductivity in hole-doped cuprates has been heavily debated but remains an open question. In particular, an observed peak of electronic specific heat is proposed to originate from fluctuations of a putative quantum critical point p* (e.g., the termination of pseudogap at zero temperature), which is close to but distinguishable from the Lifshitz transition in overdoped La-based cuprates where the Fermi surface transforms from hole-like to electron-like. Here we report an in situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study of three-dimensional Fermi surfaces in La2-xSrxCuO4 thin films (x = 0.06 to 0.35). With accurate kz dispersion quantification, the said Lifshitz transition is determined to happen within a finite range around x = 0.21. Normal state electronic specific heat, calculated from spectroscopy-derived band parameters, reveals a doping-dependent profile with a maximum at x = 0.21 that agrees with previous thermodynamic microcalorimetry measurements. The account of the specific heat maximum by underlying band structures excludes the need for additionally dominant contribution from the quantum fluctuations at p*. A d-wave superconducting gap smoothly across the Lifshitz transition demonstrates the insensitivity of superconductivity to the dramatic density of states enhancement.
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Campbell DJ, Frachet M, Benhabib S, Gilmutdinov I, Proust C, Kurosawa T, Momono N, Oda M, Horio M, Kramer K, Chang J, Ichioka M, LeBoeuf D. Evidence for a Square-Square Vortex Lattice Transition in a High-T_{c} Cuprate Superconductor. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:067001. [PMID: 36018650 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.067001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Using sound velocity and attenuation measurements in high magnetic fields, we identify a new transition in the vortex lattice state of La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}. The transition, observed in magnetic fields exceeding 35 T and temperatures far below zero field T_{c}, is detected in the compression modulus of the vortex lattice, at a doping level of x=p=0.17. Our theoretical analysis based on Eilenberger's theory of the vortex lattice shows that the transition corresponds to the long-sought 45° rotation of the square vortex lattice, predicted to occur in d-wave superconductors near a van Hove singularity.
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- D J Campbell
- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS UPR3228, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse 3, INSA-T, Grenoble and Toulouse, France
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS UPR3228, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse 3, INSA-T, Grenoble and Toulouse, France
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS UPR3228, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse 3, INSA-T, Grenoble and Toulouse, France
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS UPR3228, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse 3, INSA-T, Grenoble and Toulouse, France
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS UPR3228, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse 3, INSA-T, Grenoble and Toulouse, France
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS UPR3228, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse 3, INSA-T, Grenoble and Toulouse, France
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Hepting M, Bejas M, Nag A, Yamase H, Coppola N, Betto D, Falter C, Garcia-Fernandez M, Agrestini S, Zhou KJ, Minola M, Sacco C, Maritato L, Orgiani P, Wei HI, Shen KM, Schlom DG, Galdi A, Greco A, Keimer B. Gapped Collective Charge Excitations and Interlayer Hopping in Cuprate Superconductors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:047001. [PMID: 35938998 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.047001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We use resonant inelastic x-ray scattering to probe the propagation of plasmons in the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Sr_{0.9}La_{0.1}CuO_{2}. We detect a plasmon gap of ∼120 meV at the two-dimensional Brillouin zone center, indicating that low-energy plasmons in Sr_{0.9}La_{0.1}CuO_{2} are not strictly acoustic. The plasmon dispersion, including the gap, is accurately captured by layered t-J-V model calculations. A similar analysis performed on recent resonant inelastic x-ray scattering data from other cuprates suggests that the plasmon gap is generic and its size is related to the magnitude of the interlayer hopping t_{z}. Our work signifies the three dimensionality of the charge dynamics in layered cuprates and provides a new method to determine t_{z}.
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- M Hepting
- Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura and Instituto de Física de Rosario (UNR-CONICET), Avenida Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- International Center of Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörpertheorie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
- CNR-SPIN Salerno, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
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- CNR-SPIN Salerno, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
- CNR-IOM, TASC Laboratory in Area Science Park, 34139 Trieste, Italy
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- LASSP, Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- LASSP, Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Max-Born-Straße 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
- Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences and Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura and Instituto de Física de Rosario (UNR-CONICET), Avenida Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Choi J, Wang Q, Jöhr S, Christensen NB, Küspert J, Bucher D, Biscette D, Fischer MH, Hücker M, Kurosawa T, Momono N, Oda M, Ivashko O, Zimmermann MV, Janoschek M, Chang J. Unveiling Unequivocal Charge Stripe Order in a Prototypical Cuprate Superconductor. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:207002. [PMID: 35657867 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.207002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the cuprates, high-temperature superconductivity, spin-density-wave order, and charge-density-wave (CDW) order are intertwined, and symmetry determination is challenging due to domain formation. We investigated the CDW in the prototypical cuprate La_{1.88}Sr_{0.12}CuO_{4} via x-ray diffraction employing uniaxial pressure as a domain-selective stimulus to establish the unidirectional nature of the CDW unambiguously. A fivefold enhancement of the CDW amplitude is found when homogeneous superconductivity is partially suppressed by magnetic field. This field-induced state provides an ideal search environment for a putative pair-density-wave state.
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- J Choi
- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Department of Applied Sciences, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Linear-in temperature resistivity from an isotropic Planckian scattering rate. Nature 2021; 595:667-672. [PMID: 34321673 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03697-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A variety of 'strange metals' exhibit resistivity that decreases linearly with temperature as the temperature decreases to zero1-3, in contrast to conventional metals where resistivity decreases quadratically with temperature. This linear-in-temperature resistivity has been attributed to charge carriers scattering at a rate given by ħ/τ = αkBT, where α is a constant of order unity, ħ is the Planck constant and kB is the Boltzmann constant. This simple relationship between the scattering rate and temperature is observed across a wide variety of materials, suggesting a fundamental upper limit on scattering-the 'Planckian limit'4,5-but little is known about the underlying origins of this limit. Here we report a measurement of the angle-dependent magnetoresistance of La1.6-xNd0.4SrxCuO4-a hole-doped cuprate that shows linear-in-temperature resistivity down to the lowest measured temperatures6. The angle-dependent magnetoresistance shows a well defined Fermi surface that agrees quantitatively with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements7 and reveals a linear-in-temperature scattering rate that saturates at the Planckian limit, namely α = 1.2 ± 0.4. Remarkably, we find that this Planckian scattering rate is isotropic, that is, it is independent of direction, in contrast to expectations from 'hotspot' models8,9. Our findings suggest that linear-in-temperature resistivity in strange metals emerges from a momentum-independent inelastic scattering rate that reaches the Planckian limit.
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Nag A, Zhu M, Bejas M, Li J, Robarts HC, Yamase H, Petsch AN, Song D, Eisaki H, Walters AC, García-Fernández M, Greco A, Hayden SM, Zhou KJ. Detection of Acoustic Plasmons in Hole-Doped Lanthanum and Bismuth Cuprate Superconductors Using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:257002. [PMID: 33416344 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.257002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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High T_{c} superconductors show a rich variety of phases associated with their charge degrees of freedom. Valence charges can give rise to charge ordering or acoustic plasmons in these layered cuprate superconductors. While charge ordering has been observed for both hole- and electron-doped cuprates, acoustic plasmons have only been found in electron-doped materials. Here, we use resonant inelastic x-ray scattering to observe the presence of acoustic plasmons in two families of hole-doped cuprate superconductors (La_{1.84}Sr_{0.16}CuO_{4} and Bi_{2}Sr_{1.6}La_{0.4}CuO_{6+δ}), crucially completing the picture. Interestingly, in contrast to the quasistatic charge ordering which manifests at both Cu and O sites, the observed acoustic plasmons are predominantly associated with the O sites, revealing a unique dichotomy in the behavior of valence charges in hole-doped cuprates.
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- Abhishek Nag
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura and Instituto de Física de Rosario (UNR-CONICET), Avenida Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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- International Center of Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8560, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8560, Japan
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura and Instituto de Física de Rosario (UNR-CONICET), Avenida Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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Lin JQ, Miao H, Mazzone DG, Gu GD, Nag A, Walters AC, García-Fernández M, Barbour A, Pelliciari J, Jarrige I, Oda M, Kurosawa K, Momono N, Zhou KJ, Bisogni V, Liu X, Dean MPM. Strongly Correlated Charge Density Wave in La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} Evidenced by Doping-Dependent Phonon Anomaly. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:207005. [PMID: 32501068 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.207005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The discovery of charge-density-wave-related effects in the resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectra of cuprates holds the tantalizing promise of clarifying the interactions that stabilize the electronic order. Here, we report a comprehensive resonant inelastic x-ray scattering study of La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} finding that charge-density wave effects persist up to a remarkably high doping level of x=0.21 before disappearing at x=0.25. The inelastic excitation spectra remain essentially unchanged with doping despite crossing a topological transition in the Fermi surface. This indicates that the spectra contain little or no direct coupling to electronic excitations near the Fermi surface, rather they are dominated by the resonant cross section for phonons and charge-density-wave-induced phonon softening. We interpret our results in terms of a charge-density wave that is generated by strong correlations and a phonon response that is driven by the charge-density-wave-induced modification of the lattice.
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- J Q Lin
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Sciences and Informatics, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Japan
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Sterpetti E, Biscaras J, Erb A, Shukla A. Crossover to strange metal phase: quantum criticality in one unit cell Bi 2Sr 2CaCu 2O[Formula: see text]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:045601. [PMID: 31585447 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab4b21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Transport measurements can be used to determine the phase diagram of high temperature superconductors by detecting variations in temperature dependence of resistance in different regions of the phase diagram. While for bulk measurements several samples with varying chemical doping are used, we continuously vary carrier density in our ultra-thin two-dimensional Bi2Sr2CaCu2O[Formula: see text] device by electrostatic means and the space charge doping method. Here we concentrate on a low-disorder, high quality single unit cell thick sample. We establish the crossover to strange metal from the pseudogap and Fermi liquid phases in the normal state, close to the superconducting dome. By extrapolation we demarcate a critical doping region which is thought to correspond to a quantum phase transition at very low temperature.
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- Edoardo Sterpetti
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, MNHN, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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Michon B, Girod C, Badoux S, Kačmarčík J, Ma Q, Dragomir M, Dabkowska HA, Gaulin BD, Zhou JS, Pyon S, Takayama T, Takagi H, Verret S, Doiron-Leyraud N, Marcenat C, Taillefer L, Klein T. Thermodynamic signatures of quantum criticality in cuprate superconductors. Nature 2019; 567:218-222. [PMID: 30760922 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-0932-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The three central phenomena of cuprate (copper oxide) superconductors are linked by a common doping level p*-at which the enigmatic pseudogap phase ends and the resistivity exhibits an anomalous linear dependence on temperature, and around which the superconducting phase forms a dome-shaped area in the phase diagram1. However, the fundamental nature of p* remains unclear, in particular regarding whether it marks a true quantum phase transition. Here we measure the specific heat C of the cuprates Eu-LSCO and Nd-LSCO at low temperature in magnetic fields large enough to suppress superconductivity, over a wide doping range2 that includes p*. As a function of doping, we find that Cel/T is strongly peaked at p* (where Cel is the electronic contribution to C) and exhibits a log(1/T) dependence as temperature T tends to zero. These are the classic thermodynamic signatures of a quantum critical point3-5, as observed in heavy-fermion6 and iron-based7 superconductors at the point where their antiferromagnetic phase comes to an end. We conclude that the pseudogap phase of cuprates ends at a quantum critical point, the associated fluctuations of which are probably involved in d-wave pairing and the anomalous scattering of charge carriers.
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- B Michon
- Institut Néel, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,Institut quantique, Département de physique and RQMP, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.,CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
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- Institut Néel, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,Institut quantique, Département de physique and RQMP, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.,CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
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- Institut quantique, Département de physique and RQMP, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Institut quantique, Département de physique and RQMP, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Institut quantique, Département de physique and RQMP, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INAC, PHELIQS, LATEQS, Grenoble, France
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- Institut quantique, Département de physique and RQMP, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. .,Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Institut Néel, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France. .,CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France.
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