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Reichhardt C, Reichhardt CJO. Peak effect and dynamics of stripe- and pattern-forming systems on a periodic one-dimensional substrate. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:054606. [PMID: 38907437 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.054606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/24/2024]
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We examine the ordering, pinning, and dynamics of two-dimensional pattern-forming systems interacting with a periodic one-dimensional substrate. In the absence of the substrate, particles with competing long-range repulsion and short-range attraction form anisotropic crystal, stripe, and bubble states. When the system is tuned across the stripe transition in the presence of a substrate, we find that there is a peak effect in the critical depinning force when the stripes align and become commensurate with the substrate. Under an applied drive, the anisotropic crystal and stripe states can exhibit soliton depinning and plastic flow. When the stripes depin plastically, they dynamically reorder into a moving stripe state that is perpendicular to the substrate trough direction. We also find that when the substrate spacing is smaller than the widths of the bubbles or stripes, the system forms pinned stripe states that are perpendicular to the substrate trough direction. The system exhibits multiple reentrant pinning effects as a function of increasing attraction, with the anisotropic crystal and large bubble states experiencing weak pinning but the stripe and smaller bubble states showing stronger pinning. We map out the different dynamic phases as a function of filling, the strength of the attractive interaction term, the substrate strength, and the drive, and demonstrate that the different phases produce identifiable features in the transport curves and particle orderings.
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Nonadiabatic coupling of the dynamical structure to the superconductivity in YSr 2Cu 2.75Mo 0.25O 7.54 and Sr 2CuO 3.3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:33099-33106. [PMID: 33318194 PMCID: PMC7776783 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018336117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The Cu extended X-ray absorption fine structure of YSr2Cu2.75Mo0.25O7.54 (with superconducting critical temperature, Tc, = 84 K) and Sr2CuO3.3 (Tc = 95 K) through their superconducting transitions demonstrates that the common factor in superconductivity in cuprates, including those prepared by high-pressure oxygenation, is an internal quantum tunneling polaron in its dynamical structure. In addition, Sr2CuO3.3 is the first material to show a concomitant transformation in this structure involving atom displacements >1 Å that would be expected to modify its Fermi surface, which would complicate the transition beyond a purely electronic one consisting of the pairing of electrons of opposite momentum across fixed electronic states. A crucial issue in cuprates is the extent and mechanism of the coupling of the lattice to the electrons and the superconductivity. Here we report Cu K edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurements elucidating the internal quantum tunneling polaron (iqtp) component of the dynamical structure in two heavily overdoped superconducting cuprate compounds, tetragonal YSr2Cu2.75Mo0.25O7.54 with superconducting critical temperature, Tc = 84 K and hole density p = 0.3 to 0.5 per planar Cu, and the tetragonal phase of Sr2CuO3.3 with Tc = 95 K and p = 0.6. In YSr2Cu2.75Mo0.25O7.54 changes in the Cu-apical O two-site distribution reflect a sequential renormalization of the double-well potential of this site beginning at Tc, with the energy difference between the two minima increasing by ∼6 meV between Tc and 52 K. Sr2CuO3.3 undergoes a radically larger transformation at Tc, >1-Å displacements of the apical O atoms. The principal feature of the dynamical structure underlying these transformations is the strongly anharmonic oscillation of the apical O atoms in a double-well potential that results in the observation of two distinct O sites whose Cu–O distances indicate different bonding modes and valence-charge distributions. The coupling of the superconductivity to the iqtp that originates in this nonadiabatic coupling between the electrons and lattice demonstrates an important role for the dynamical structure whereby pairing occurs even in a system where displacements of the atoms that are part of the transition are sufficiently large to alter the Fermi surface. The synchronization and dynamic coherence of the iqtps resulting from the strong interactions within a crystal would be expected to influence this process.
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Gerasimenko YA, Vaskivskyi I, Litskevich M, Ravnik J, Vodeb J, Diego M, Kabanov V, Mihailovic D. Quantum jamming transition to a correlated electron glass in 1T-TaS 2. NATURE MATERIALS 2019; 18:1078-1083. [PMID: 31308513 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0423-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Distinct many-body states may be created under non-equilibrium conditions through different ordering paths, even when their constituents are subjected to the same fundamental interactions. The phase-transition mechanism to such states remains poorly understood. Here, we show that controlled optical or electromagnetic perturbations can lead to an amorphous metastable state of strongly correlated electrons in a quasi-two-dimensional dichalcogenide. Scanning tunnelling microscopy reveals a hyperuniform pattern of localized charges, whereas multitip surface nanoscale conductivity measurements and tunnelling spectroscopy show an electronically gapless conducting state that is different from conventional Coulomb glasses and many-body localized systems. The state is stable up to room temperature and shows no signs of either local charge order or phase separation. The mechanism for its formation is attributed to a dynamical localization of electrons through mutual interactions. Theoretical calculations confirm the correlations between localized charges to be crucial for the state's unusual stability.
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- Department of Complex Matter, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Advanced Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Complex Matter, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Complex Matter, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Complex Matter, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Complex Matter, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- CENN Nanocenter, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Department of Complex Matter, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Madan I, Kurosawa T, Toda Y, Oda M, Mertelj T, Mihailovic D. Evidence for carrier localization in the pseudogap state of cuprate superconductors from coherent quench experiments. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6958. [PMID: 25891310 PMCID: PMC4411302 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A 'pseudogap' was introduced by Mott to describe a state of matter that has a minimum in the density of states at the Fermi level, deep enough for states to become localized. It can arise either from Coulomb repulsion between electrons, and/or incipient charge or spin order. Here we employ ultrafast spectroscopy to study dynamical properties of the normal to pseudogap state transition in the prototype high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ. We perform a systematic temperature and doping dependence study of the pseudogap photodestruction and recovery in coherent quench experiments, revealing marked absence of critical behaviour of the elementary excitations, which implies an absence of collective electronic ordering beyond a few coherence lengths on short timescales. The data imply ultrafast carrier localization into a textured polaronic state arising from a competing Coulomb interaction and lattice strain, enhanced by a Fermi surface instability.
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- I Madan
- Jozef Stefan Institute and International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Jozef Stefan Institute and International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jozef Stefan Institute and International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Coslovich G, Huber B, Lee WS, Chuang YD, Zhu Y, Sasagawa T, Hussain Z, Bechtel HA, Martin MC, Shen ZX, Schoenlein RW, Kaindl RA. Ultrafast charge localization in a stripe-phase nickelate. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2643. [PMID: 24153394 PMCID: PMC3826635 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Self-organized electronically ordered phases are a recurring feature in correlated materials, resulting in, for example, fluctuating charge stripes whose role in high-TC superconductivity is under debate. However, the relevant cause-effect relations between real-space charge correlations and low-energy excitations remain hidden in time-averaged studies. Here we reveal ultrafast charge localization and lattice vibrational coupling as dynamic precursors of stripe formation in the model compound La(1.75)Sr(0.25)NiO4, using ultrafast and equilibrium mid-infrared spectroscopy. The opening of a pseudogap at a crossover temperature T* far above long-range stripe formation establishes the onset of electronic localization, which is accompanied by an enhanced Fano asymmetry of Ni-O stretch vibrations. Ultrafast excitation triggers a sub-picosecond dynamics exposing the synchronous modulation of electron-phonon coupling and charge localization. These results illuminate the role of localization in forming the pseudogap in nickelates, opening a path to understanding this mysterious phase in a broad class of complex oxides.
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- G. Coslovich
- Materials Sciences Division, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SIMES, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- Advanced Light Source, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SIMES, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Olson Reichhardt CJ, Reichhardt C, Bishop AR. Anisotropic sliding dynamics, peak effect, and metastability in stripe systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2011; 83:041501. [PMID: 21599163 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.041501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A variety of soft and hard condensed matter systems are known to form stripe patterns. Here we use numerical simulations to analyze how such stripe states depin and slide when interacting with a random substrate and with driving in different directions with respect to the orientation of the stripes. Depending on the strength and density of the substrate disorder, we find that there can be pronounced anisotropy in the transport produced by different dynamical flow phases. We also find a disorder-induced "peak effect" similar to that observed for superconducting vortex systems, which is marked by a transition from elastic depinning to a state where the stripe structure fragments or partially disorders at depinning. Under the sudden application of a driving force, we observe pronounced metastability effects similar to those found near the order-disorder transition associated with the peak effect regime for three-dimensional superconducting vortices. The characteristic transient time required for the system to reach a steady state diverges in the region where the flow changes from elastic to disordered. We also find that anisotropy of the flow persists in the presence of thermal disorder when thermally induced particle hopping along the stripes dominates. The thermal effects can wash out the effects of the quenched disorder, leading to a thermally induced stripe state. We map out the dynamical phase diagram for this system, and discuss how our results could be explored in electron liquid crystal systems, type-1.5 superconductors, and pattern-forming colloidal assemblies.
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- C J Olson Reichhardt
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Gadermaier C, Alexandrov AS, Kabanov VV, Kusar P, Mertelj T, Yao X, Manzoni C, Brida D, Cerullo G, Mihailovic D. Electron-phonon coupling in high-temperature cuprate superconductors determined from electron relaxation rates. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:257001. [PMID: 21231613 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.257001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Revised: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We determined electronic relaxation times via pump-probe optical spectroscopy using sub-15 fs pulses for the normal state of two different cuprate superconductors. We show that the primary relaxation process is the electron-phonon interaction and extract a measure of its strength, the second moment of the Eliashberg function λ[ω2] = 800 ± 200 meV2 for La(1.85)Sr(0.15)CuO4 and λ[ω2] = 400 ± 100 meV2 for YBa(2)Cu(3)O(6.5). These values suggest a possible fundamental role of the electron-phonon interaction in the superconducting pairing mechanism.
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- C Gadermaier
- Department of Complex Matter, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Olson Reichhardt CJ, Reichhardt C, Bishop AR. Structural transitions, melting, and intermediate phases for stripe- and clump-forming systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 82:041502. [PMID: 21230277 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.041502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Revised: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We numerically examine the properties of a two-dimensional system of particles which have competing long-range repulsive and short-range attractive interactions as a function of density and temperature. For increasing density, there are well-defined transitions between a low-density clump phase, an intermediate stripe phase, an anticlump phase, and a high-density uniform phase. To characterize the transitions between these phases we propose several measures which take into account the different length scales in the system. For increasing temperature, we find an intermediate phase that is liquidlike on the short length scale of interparticle spacing but solidlike on the larger length scale of the clump, stripe, or anticlump pattern. This intermediate phase persists over the widest temperature range in the stripe phase when the local particle lattice within an individual stripe melts well below the temperature at which the entire stripe structure breaks down, and is characterized by intrastripe diffusion of particles without interstripe diffusion. This is followed at higher temperatures by the onset of interstripe diffusion in an anisotropic diffusion phase and then by breakup of the stripe structure. We identify the transitions between these regimes through diffusion, heat capacity, and energy fluctuation measurements and find that within the intrastripe liquid regime, the excess entropy goes into disordering the particle arrangements within the stripe rather than affecting the stripe structure itself. The clump and anticlump phases also show multiple temperature-induced diffusive regimes which are not as pronounced as those of the stripe phase.
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- C J Olson Reichhardt
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Hague JP, Kornilovitch PE, Samson JH, Alexandrov AS. Superlight small bipolarons in the presence of a strong Coulomb repulsion. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:037002. [PMID: 17358717 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.037002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We study a lattice bipolaron on a staggered triangular ladder and triangular and hexagonal lattices with both long-range electron-phonon interaction and strong Coulomb repulsion using a novel continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo algorithm to solve the two-particle Coulomb-Fröhlich model. The algorithm is preceded by an exact integration over phonon degrees of freedom, and as such is extremely efficient. The bipolaron effective mass and radius are computed. Bipolarons on lattices constructed from triangular plaquettes have a novel crablike motion, and are small but very light over a wide range of parameters. We discuss the conditions under which such particles may form a Bose-Einstein condensate with high transition temperature, proposing a route to room temperature superconductivity.
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- J P Hague
- Department of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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Alexandrov AS, Bratkovsky AM, Kabanov VV. Phase coexistence and resistivity near the ferromagnetic transition of manganites. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:117003. [PMID: 16605853 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.117003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Pairing of oxygen holes into heavy bipolarons in the paramagnetic phase and their magnetic pair breaking in the ferromagnetic phase (the so-called current-carrier density collapse) has accounted for the first-order ferromagnetic-phase transition, colossal magnetoresistance, isotope effect, and pseudogap in doped manganites. Here we propose an explanation of the phase coexistence and describe the magnetization and resistivity of manganites near the ferromagnetic transition in the framework of the current-carrier density collapse. The present quantitative description of resistivity is obtained without any fitting parameters, by using the experimental resistivities far away from the transition and the experimental magnetization, and is essentially model-independent.
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- A S Alexandrov
- Department of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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