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Horiba T, Shirai S, Hirai H. Construction of Antisymmetric Variational Quantum States with Real Space Representation. J Chem Theory Comput 2024. [PMID: 39155659 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
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Electronic state calculations using quantum computers are mostly based on the second quantized formulation, which is suitable for qubit representation. Another way to describe electronic states on a quantum computer is based on the first quantized formulation, which is expected to achieve smaller scaling with respect to the number of basis functions than the second quantized formulation. Among basis functions, a real space basis is an attractive option for quantum dynamics simulations in the fault-tolerant quantum computation (FTQC) era. A major difficulty in the first quantized algorithm with a real space basis is state preparation for many-body electronic systems. This difficulty stems from the antisymmetry of electrons, and it is not straightforward to construct antisymmetric quantum states on a quantum circuit. In this study, we provide a design principle for constructing variational quantum circuits to prepare an antisymmetric quantum state. The proposed circuit generates the superposition of exponentially many Slater determinants, that is, multiconfiguration state, which provides a systematic approach to approximating the exact ground state. We performed the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) to obtain the ground state of a one-dimensional hydrogen molecular system. As a result, the proposed circuit well reproduced the exact antisymmetric ground state and its energy, whereas the conventional variational circuit yielded neither the antisymmetric nor the symmetric state. Furthermore, we analyzed the many-body wave functions based on the quantum information theory, which illustrated the relation between the electron correlation and the quantum entanglement.
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- Takahiro Horiba
- Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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Smit S, Mauri E, Bawden L, Heringa F, Gerritsen F, van Heumen E, Huang YK, Kondo T, Takeuchi T, Hussey NE, Allan M, Kim TK, Cacho C, Krikun A, Schalm K, Stoof HTC, Golden MS. Momentum-dependent scaling exponents of nodal self-energies measured in strange metal cuprates and modelled using semi-holography. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4581. [PMID: 38811546 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48594-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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The anomalous strange metal phase found in high-Tc cuprates does not follow the conventional condensed-matter principles enshrined in the Fermi liquid and presents a great challenge for theory. Highly precise experimental determination of the electronic self-energy can provide a test bed for theoretical models of strange metals, and angle-resolved photoemission can provide this as a function of frequency, momentum, temperature and doping. Here we show that constant energy cuts through the nodal spectral function in (Pb,Bi)2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+δ have a non-Lorentzian lineshape, consistent with a self-energy that is k dependent. This provides a new test for aspiring theories. Here we show that the experimental data are captured remarkably well by a power law with a k-dependent scaling exponent smoothly evolving with doping, a description that emerges naturally from anti-de Sitter/conformal-field-theory based semi-holography. This puts a spotlight on holographic methods for the quantitative modelling of strongly interacting quantum materials like the cuprate strange metals.
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- S Smit
- Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8581, Japan
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- Energy Materials Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute 2-12-1 Hisakata Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8511, Japan
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL) and Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- NORDITA, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, Hannes Alfvéns väg 12, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9506, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP), Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Karmakar M. Magnetotransport and Fermi surface segmentation in Pauli limited superconductors. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:165601. [PMID: 38190740 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad1bf6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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We report the first theoretical investigation of the spectroscopic, electrical and optical transport signatures ofd-wave Pauli limited superconductors, based on a non perturbative numerical approach. We demonstrate that the high magnetic field low temperature regime of these materials host a finite momentum paired superconducting phase. Multi-branched dispersion spectra with finite energy superconducting gaps, anisotropic segmentation of the Fermi surface and spatial modulations of the superconducting order characterizes this finite momentum paired phase and should be readily accessible through angle resolved photo emission spectroscopy, quasiparticle interference and differential conductance measurements. Based on the electrical and optical transport properties we capture the non Fermi liquid behavior of these systems at high temperatures, dominated by local superconducting correlations and characterized by resilient quasiparticles which survive the breakdown of the Fermi liquid description. We map out the generic thermal phase diagram of thed-wave Pauli limited superconductors and provide for the first time the accurate estimates of the thermal scales corresponding to the: (a) loss of (quasi) long range superconducting phase coherence (Tc), (b) loss of local pair correlations (Tpg), (c) breakdown of the Fermi liquid theory (Tmax) and cross-over from the non Fermi liquid to the bad metallic phase (TBR). Our thermal phase diagram mapped out on the basis of the spectroscopic and transport properties are found to be in qualitative agreement with the experimental observations on CeCoIn5andκ-BEDT, in terms of the thermodynamic phases and the phase transitions. The results presented in this paper are expected to initiate important transport and spectroscopic experiments on the Pauli limitedd-wave superconductors, providing sharp signatures of the finite momentum Cooper paired state in these materials.
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- Madhuparna Karmakar
- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 603203, India
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Chen C, Tang W, Chen X, Kang Z, Ding S, Scott K, Wang S, Li Z, Ruff JPC, Hashimoto M, Lu DH, Jozwiak C, Bostwick A, Rotenberg E, da Silva Neto EH, Birgeneau RJ, Chen Y, Louie SG, Wang Y, He Y. Anomalous excitonic phase diagram in band-gap-tuned Ta 2Ni(Se,S) 5. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7512. [PMID: 37980419 PMCID: PMC10657405 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43365-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023] Open
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During a band-gap-tuned semimetal-to-semiconductor transition, Coulomb attraction between electrons and holes can cause spontaneously formed excitons near the zero-band-gap point, or the Lifshitz transition point. This has become an important route to realize bulk excitonic insulators - an insulating ground state distinct from single-particle band insulators. How this route manifests from weak to strong coupling is not clear. In this work, using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and high-resolution synchrotron x-ray diffraction (XRD), we investigate the broken symmetry state across the semimetal-to-semiconductor transition in a leading bulk excitonic insulator candidate system Ta2Ni(Se,S)5. A broken symmetry phase is found to be continuously suppressed from the semimetal side to the semiconductor side, contradicting the anticipated maximal excitonic instability around the Lifshitz transition. Bolstered by first-principles and model calculations, we find strong interband electron-phonon coupling to play a crucial role in the enhanced symmetry breaking on the semimetal side of the phase diagram. Our results not only provide insight into the longstanding debate of the nature of intertwined orders in Ta2NiSe5, but also establish a basis for exploring band-gap-tuned structural and electronic instabilities in strongly coupled systems.
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- Cheng Chen
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29631, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29631, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
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Arpaia R, Martinelli L, Sala MM, Caprara S, Nag A, Brookes NB, Camisa P, Li Q, Gao Q, Zhou X, Garcia-Fernandez M, Zhou KJ, Schierle E, Bauch T, Peng YY, Di Castro C, Grilli M, Lombardi F, Braicovich L, Ghiringhelli G. Signature of quantum criticality in cuprates by charge density fluctuations. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7198. [PMID: 37938250 PMCID: PMC10632404 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42961-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
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The universality of the strange metal phase in many quantum materials is often attributed to the presence of a quantum critical point (QCP), a zero-temperature phase transition ruled by quantum fluctuations. In cuprates, where superconductivity hinders direct QCP observation, indirect evidence comes from the identification of fluctuations compatible with the strange metal phase. Here we show that the recently discovered charge density fluctuations (CDF) possess the right properties to be associated to a quantum phase transition. Using resonant x-ray scattering, we studied the CDF in two families of cuprate superconductors across a wide doping range (up to p = 0.22). At p* ≈ 0.19, the putative QCP, the CDF intensity peaks, and the characteristic energy Δ is minimum, marking a wedge-shaped region in the phase diagram indicative of a quantum critical behavior, albeit with anomalies. These findings strengthen the role of charge order in explaining strange metal phenomenology and provide insights into high-temperature superconductivity.
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- Riccardo Arpaia
- Quantum Device Physics Laboratory, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296, Göteborg, Sweden.
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
- CNR-ISC, via dei Taurini 19, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- ESRF, The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, CN-100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-100190, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-100190, Beijing, China
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Quantum Device Physics Laboratory, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296, Göteborg, Sweden
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, CN-100871, Beijing, China
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
- CNR-ISC, via dei Taurini 19, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Quantum Device Physics Laboratory, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milano, Italy
- ESRF, The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milano, Italy.
- CNR-SPIN, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milano, Italy.
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Tromp WO, Benschop T, Ge JF, Battisti I, Bastiaans KM, Chatzopoulos D, Vervloet AHM, Smit S, van Heumen E, Golden MS, Huang Y, Kondo T, Takeuchi T, Yin Y, Hoffman JE, Sulangi MA, Zaanen J, Allan MP. Puddle formation and persistent gaps across the non-mean-field breakdown of superconductivity in overdoped (Pb,Bi) 2Sr 2CuO 6+δ. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:703-709. [PMID: 36879002 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01497-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The cuprate high-temperature superconductors exhibit many unexplained electronic phases, but the superconductivity at high doping is often believed to be governed by conventional mean-field Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory1. However, it was shown that the superfluid density vanishes when the transition temperature goes to zero2,3, in contradiction to expectations from Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory. Our scanning tunnelling spectroscopy measurements in the overdoped regime of the (Pb,Bi)2Sr2CuO6+δ high-temperature superconductor show that this is due to the emergence of nanoscale superconducting puddles in a metallic matrix4,5. Our measurements further reveal that this puddling is driven by gap filling instead of gap closing. The important implication is that it is not a diminishing pairing interaction that causes the breakdown of superconductivity. Unexpectedly, the measured gap-to-filling correlation also reveals that pair breaking by disorder does not play a dominant role and that the mechanism of superconductivity in overdoped cuprate superconductors is qualitatively different from conventional mean-field theory.
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- Willem O Tromp
- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- QuSoft, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjiang, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- National Institute of Physics, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Institute-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Tallon JL. Comment on "Magic Gap Ratio for Optimally Robust Fermionic Condensation and Its Implications for High-T_{c} Superconductivity". PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:199701. [PMID: 37243638 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.199701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- Jeffery L Tallon
- Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 33436, Lower Hutt 5046, New Zealand
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He Y. High-temperature superconductivity survives. NATURE MATERIALS 2023:10.1038/s41563-023-01552-x. [PMID: 37137994 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01552-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- Yu He
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Baykusheva DR, Kalthoff MH, Hofmann D, Claassen M, Kennes DM, Sentef MA, Mitrano M. Witnessing Nonequilibrium Entanglement Dynamics in a Strongly Correlated Fermionic Chain. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:106902. [PMID: 36962013 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.106902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Many-body entanglement in condensed matter systems can be diagnosed from equilibrium response functions through the use of entanglement witnesses and operator-specific quantum bounds. Here, we investigate the applicability of this approach for detecting entangled states in quantum systems driven out of equilibrium. We use a multipartite entanglement witness, the quantum Fisher information, to study the dynamics of a paradigmatic fermion chain undergoing a time-dependent change of the Coulomb interaction. Our results show that the quantum Fisher information is able to witness distinct signatures of multipartite entanglement both near and far from equilibrium that are robust against decoherence. We discuss implications of these findings for probing entanglement in light-driven quantum materials with time-resolved optical and x-ray scattering methods.
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Institut für Theorie der Statistischen Physik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technology, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Huang Y, Zhang L, Zhou X, Liao L, Jin F, Han X, Dong T, Xu S, Zhao L, Dai Y, Cheng Q, Huang X, Zhang Q, Wang L, Wang NL, Yue M, Bai X, Li Y, Wu Q, Gao HJ, Gu G, Wang Y, Zhou XJ. Unveiling the Degradation Mechanism of High-Temperature Superconductor Bi 2Sr 2CaCu 2O 8+δ in Water-Bearing Environments. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:39489-39496. [PMID: 35976742 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c08997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The physical properties of copper oxide high-temperature superconductors have been studied extensively, such as the band structure and doping effects of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (Bi-2212). However, some chemical-related properties of these superconductors are rarely reported, such as their stability in water-bearing environments. Herein, we report experiments combined with ab initio calculations that address the effects of water in contact with Bi-2212. The evolution of Bi-2212 flakes with exposure to water for different time intervals was tested and characterized by optical microscopy (OM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and electrical measurements. The thickness of Bi-2212 flakes is gradually decreased in water, and some thin flakes can be completely etched away after a few days. The stability of Bi-2212 in other solvents is also evaluated, including alcohol, acetone, HCl, and KOH. The morphology of Bi-2212 flakes is relatively stable in organic solvents. However, the flakes are etched relatively quick in HCl and KOH, especially in an acidic environment. Our results imply that hydrogen ions are primarily responsible for the deterioration of their properties. Both TEM and calculation results demonstrate that the atoms in the Bi-O plane are relatively stable when compared to the inner atoms in Sr-O, Ca-O, and Cu-O planes. This work contributes toward understanding the chemical stability of a Bi-2212 superconducting device in environmental medium, which is important for both fundamental studies and practical applications of copper oxide high-temperature superconductors.
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- Yuan Huang
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- 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, United States
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-Dimensional Quantum Structure and Devices, School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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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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We investigate a model of electrons with random and all-to-all hopping and spin exchange interactions, with a constraint of no double occupancy. The model is studied in a Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev-like large-M limit with SU(M) spin symmetry. The saddle-point equations of this model are similar to approximate dynamic mean-field equations of realistic, nonrandom, t-J models. We use numerical studies on both real and imaginary frequency axes, along with asymptotic analyses, to establish the existence of a critical non-Fermi-liquid metallic ground state at large doping, with the spin correlation exponent varying with doping. This critical solution possesses a time-reparameterization symmetry, akin to Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) models, which contributes a linear-in-temperature resistivity over the full range of doping where the solution is present. It is therefore an attractive mean-field description of the overdoped region of cuprates, where experiments have observed a linear-T resistivity in a broad region. The critical metal also displays a strong particle-hole asymmetry, which is relevant to Seebeck coefficient measurements. We show that the critical metal has an instability to a low-doping spin-glass phase and compute a critical doping value. We also describe the properties of this metallic spin-glass phase.
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In traditional metals, the temperature (
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) dependence of electrical resistivity vanishes at low or high
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, albeit for different reasons. Here, we review a class of materials, known as “strange” metals, that can violate both of these principles. In strange metals, the change in slope of the resistivity as the mean free path drops below the lattice constant, or as
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. We focus on transport and spectroscopic data on candidate strange metals in an effort to isolate and identify a unifying physical principle. Special attention is paid to quantum criticality, Planckian dissipation, Mottness, and whether a new gauge principle is needed to account for the nonlocal transport seen in these materials.
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- Philip W. Phillips
- Department of Physics and Institute for Condensed Matter Theory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL) and Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Euclidean Q-Balls of Fluctuating SDW/CDW in the ‘Nested’ Hubbard Model of High-Tc Superconductors as the Origin of Pseudogap and Superconducting Behaviors. CONDENSED MATTER 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/condmat7020031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The origin of the pseudogap and superconducting behaviors in high-Tc superconductors is proposed, based on the picture of Euclidean Q-balls formation that carry Cooper/local-pair condensates inside their volumes. Euclidean Q-balls that describe bubbles of collective spin-/charge density fluctuations (SDW/CDW) oscillating in Matsubara time are found as a new self-consistent solution of the Eliashberg equations in the ‘nested’ repulsive Hubbard model of high-Tc superconductors. The Q-balls arise due to global invariance of the effective theory under the phase rotation of the Fourier amplitudes of SDW/CDW fluctuations, leading to conservation of the ‘Noether charge’ Q in Matsubara time. Due to self-consistently arising local minimum of their potential energy at finite amplitude of the density fluctuations, the Q-balls provide greater binding energy of fermions into local/Cooper pairs relative to the usual Frohlich mechanism of exchange with infinitesimal lattice/charge/spin quasiparticles. We show that around some temperature T* the Q-balls arise with a finite density of superconducting condensate inside them. The Q-balls expand their sizes to infinity at superconducting transition temperature Tc. The fermionic spectral gap inside the Q-balls arises in the vicinity of the ‘nested’ regions of the bare Fermi surface. Solutions are found analytically from the Eliashberg equations with the ‘nesting’ wave vectors connecting ‘hot spots’ in the Brillouin zone. The experimental ‘Uemura plot’ of the linear dependence of Tc on superconducting density ns in high-Tc superconducting compounds follows naturally from the proposed theory.
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Non-Fermi liquid phase and linear-in-temperature scattering rate in overdoped two-dimensional Hubbard model. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2115819119. [PMID: 35320041 PMCID: PMC9060486 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115819119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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SignificanceMost metals display an electron-scattering rate [Formula: see text] that follows [Formula: see text] at low temperatures, as prescribed by Fermi liquid theory. But there are important exceptions. One of the most prominent examples is the "strange" metal regime in overdoped cuprate supercondcutors, which exhibits a linear T dependence of the scattering rate [Formula: see text] that reaches a putative Planckian limit. Here, using cutting-edge computational approaches, we show that T-linear scattering rate can emerge from the overdoped Hubbard model at low temperatures. Our results agree with cuprate experiments in various aspects but challenge the Planckian limit. Finally, by identifying antiferromagnetic fluctuations as the physical origin of the T-linear scattering rate, we discover the microscopic mechanism of strange metallicity in cuprates.
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Recent resonant X-ray scattering experiments on cuprates allowed to identify a new kind of collective excitations, known as charge density fluctuations, which have finite characteristic wave vector, short correlation length and small characteristic energy. It was then shown that these fluctuations provide a microscopic scattering mechanism that accounts for the anomalous transport properties of cuprates in the so-called strange-metal phase and are a source of anomalies in the specific heat. In this work, we retrace the main steps that led us to attributing a central role to charge density fluctuations in the strange-metal phase of cuprates, discuss the state of the art on the issue and provide an in-depth analysis of the contribution of charge density fluctuations to the specific heat.
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Chen SD, Hashimoto M, He Y, Song D, He JF, Li YF, Ishida S, Eisaki H, Zaanen J, Devereaux TP, Lee DH, Lu DH, Shen ZX. Unconventional spectral signature of T c in a pure d-wave superconductor. Nature 2022; 601:562-567. [PMID: 35082417 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04251-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In conventional superconductors, the phase transition into a zero-resistance and perfectly diamagnetic state is accompanied by a jump in the specific heat and the opening of a spectral gap1. In the high-transition-temperature (high-Tc) cuprates, although the transport, magnetic and thermodynamic signatures of Tc have been known since the 1980s2, the spectroscopic singularity associated with the transition remains unknown. Here we resolve this long-standing puzzle with a high-precision angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) study on overdoped (Bi,Pb)2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (Bi2212). We first probe the momentum-resolved electronic specific heat via spectroscopy and reproduce the specific heat peak at Tc, completing the missing link for a holistic description of superconductivity. Then, by studying the full momentum, energy and temperature evolution of the spectra, we reveal that this thermodynamic anomaly arises from the singular growth of in-gap spectral intensity across Tc. Furthermore, we observe that the temperature evolution of in-gap intensity is highly anisotropic in the momentum space, and the gap itself obeys both the d-wave functional form and particle-hole symmetry. These findings support the scenario that the superconducting transition is driven by phase fluctuations. They also serve as an anchor point for understanding the Fermi arc and pseudogap phenomena in underdoped cuprates.
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- Su-Di Chen
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.,Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. .,Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. .,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
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Lv BQ, Zong A, Wu D, Rozhkov AV, Fine BV, Chen SD, Hashimoto M, Lu DH, Li M, Huang YB, Ruff JPC, Walko DA, Chen ZH, Hwang I, Su Y, Shen X, Wang X, Han F, Po HC, Wang Y, Jarillo-Herrero P, Wang X, Zhou H, Sun CJ, Wen H, Shen ZX, Wang NL, Gedik N. Unconventional Hysteretic Transition in a Charge Density Wave. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:036401. [PMID: 35119886 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.036401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Hysteresis underlies a large number of phase transitions in solids, giving rise to exotic metastable states that are otherwise inaccessible. Here, we report an unconventional hysteretic transition in a quasi-2D material, EuTe_{4}. By combining transport, photoemission, diffraction, and x-ray absorption measurements, we observe that the hysteresis loop has a temperature width of more than 400 K, setting a record among crystalline solids. The transition has an origin distinct from known mechanisms, lying entirely within the incommensurate charge density wave (CDW) phase of EuTe_{4} with no change in the CDW modulation periodicity. We interpret the hysteresis as an unusual switching of the relative CDW phases in different layers, a phenomenon unique to quasi-2D compounds that is not present in either purely 2D or strongly coupled 3D systems. Our findings challenge the established theories on metastable states in density wave systems, pushing the boundary of understanding hysteretic transitions in a broken-symmetry state.
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- B Q Lv
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- University of California at Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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- Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia
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- Laboratory for the Physics of Complex Quantum Systems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutsky pereulok 9, Dolgoprudny 141701, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig, Brüderstrasse 16, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100913, China
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Oh D, Song D, Kim Y, Miyasaka S, Tajima S, Bok JM, Bang Y, Park SR, Kim C. B_{1g}-Phonon Anomaly Driven by Fermi Surface Instability at Intermediate Temperature in YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-δ}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:277001. [PMID: 35061420 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.277001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We performed temperature- and doping-dependent high-resolution Raman spectroscopy experiments on YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-δ} to study B_{1g} phonons. The temperature dependence of the real part of the phonon self-energy shows a distinct kink at T=T_{B1g} above T_{c} due to softening, in addition to the one due to the onset of the superconductivity. T_{B1g} is clearly different from the pseudogap temperature with a maximum in the underdoped region and resembles charge density wave onset temperature, T_{CDW}. We attribute the B_{1g}-phonon softening to an energy gap on the Fermi surface induced by a charge density wave order, which is consistent with the results of a recent electronic Raman scattering study. Our work demonstrates a way to investigate Fermi surface instabilities above T_{c} via phonon Raman studies.
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- Dongjin Oh
- 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, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
- Intelligent Sensor Convergence Research Center (ISCRC), Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of 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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Non-Fermi liquid behavior below the Néel temperature in the frustrated heavy fermion magnet UAu 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2102687118. [PMID: 34873053 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2102687118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The term Fermi liquid is almost synonymous with the metallic state. The association is known to break down at quantum critical points (QCPs), but these require precise values of tuning parameters, such as pressure and applied magnetic field, to exactly suppress a continuous phase transition temperature to the absolute zero. Three-dimensional non-Fermi liquid states, apart from superconductivity, that are unshackled from a QCP are much rarer and are not currently well understood. Here, we report that the triangular lattice system uranium diauride (UAu2) forms such a state with a non-Fermi liquid low-temperature heat capacity [Formula: see text] and electrical resistivity [Formula: see text] far below its Néel temperature. The magnetic order itself has a novel structure and is accompanied by weak charge modulation that is not simply due to magnetostriction. The charge modulation continues to grow in amplitude with decreasing temperature, suggesting that charge degrees of freedom play an important role in the non-Fermi liquid behavior. In contrast with QCPs, the heat capacity and resistivity we find are unusually resilient in magnetic field. Our results suggest that a combination of magnetic frustration and Kondo physics may result in the emergence of this novel state.
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Bohrdt A, Demler E, Grusdt F. Rotational Resonances and Regge-like Trajectories in Lightly Doped Antiferromagnets. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:197004. [PMID: 34797143 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.197004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Understanding the nature of charge carriers in doped Mott insulators holds the key to unravelling puzzling properties of strongly correlated electron systems, including cuprate superconductors. Several theoretical models suggested that dopants can be understood as bound states of partons, the analogues of quarks in high-energy physics. However, direct signatures of spinon-chargon bound states are lacking, both in experiment and theory. Here we propose a rotational variant of angle-resolved photo-emission spectroscopy (ARPES) and calculate rotational spectra numerically using the density-matrix renormalization group. We identify long-lived rotational resonances for an individual dopant, which we interpret as a direct indicator of the microscopic structure of spinon-chargon bound states. Similar to Regge trajectories reflecting the quark structure of mesons, we establish a linear dependence of the rotational energy on the superexchange coupling. The rotational peaks we find are strongly suppressed in standard ARPES spectra, but we suggest a multiphoton extension of ARPES which allows us to access rotational spectra. Our findings suggest that multiphoton spectroscopy experiments should provide new insights into emergent universal features of strongly correlated electron systems.
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- A Bohrdt
- Department of Physics and Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, D-80799 München, Germany
- ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, D-80799 München, Germany
- Department of Physics and Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics (ASC), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Theresienstr. 37, München D-80333, Germany
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Sohn B, Kim JR, Kim CH, Lee S, Hahn S, Kim Y, Huh S, Kim D, Kim Y, Kyung W, Kim M, Kim M, Noh TW, Kim C. Observation of metallic electronic structure in a single-atomic-layer oxide. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6171. [PMID: 34702805 PMCID: PMC8548526 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26444-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Correlated electrons in transition metal oxides exhibit a variety of emergent phases. When transition metal oxides are confined to a single-atomic-layer thickness, experiments so far have shown that they usually lose diverse properties and become insulators. In an attempt to extend the range of electronic phases of the single-atomic-layer oxide, we search for a metallic phase in a monolayer-thick epitaxial SrRuO3 film. Combining atomic-scale epitaxy and angle-resolved photoemission measurements, we show that the monolayer SrRuO3 is a strongly correlated metal. Systematic investigation reveals that the interplay between dimensionality and electronic correlation makes the monolayer SrRuO3 an incoherent metal with orbital-selective correlation. Furthermore, the unique electronic phase of the monolayer SrRuO3 is found to be highly tunable, as charge modulation demonstrates an incoherent-to-coherent crossover of the two-dimensional metal. Our work emphasizes the potentially rich phases of single-atomic-layer oxides and provides a guide to the manipulation of their two-dimensional correlated electron systems.
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- Byungmin Sohn
- 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 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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- 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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- 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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Koepsell J, Bourgund D, Sompet P, Hirthe S, Bohrdt A, Wang Y, Grusdt F, Demler E, Salomon G, Gross C, Bloch I. Microscopic evolution of doped Mott insulators from polaronic metal to Fermi liquid. Science 2021; 374:82-86. [PMID: 34591626 DOI: 10.1126/science.abe7165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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[Figure: see text].
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- Joannis Koepsell
- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany
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- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany.,Department of Physics and Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, USA
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- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany.,Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80799 München, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany.,Institut für Laserphysik, Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany.,Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, 80799 München, Germany.,Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80799 München, Germany
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Koikegami S. Coexistence of s- and d-wave gaps due to pair-hopping and exchange interactions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:395601. [PMID: 34233300 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac123b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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I investigate the superconductivity of the three-bandt-J-Umodel derived from the three-band Hubbard model using the Schrieffer-Wolff transformation. My model is designed considering the hole-doped high-Tcsuperconducting cuprate. The model does not exclude the double occupancy of Cu sites bydelectrons, and there is a pair-hopping interaction between thedandpbands together with the exchange interaction. I analyse the superconducting transition temperature, electronic state, and superconducting gap function based on strong coupling theory and find that the superconductivity emerges due to the pair-hopping and exchange interactions via the Suhl-Kondo mechanism. In the superconducting state, the extendeds- anddx2-y2-wave superconducting gaps coexist, where both charge fluctuations andd-pband hybridization are key ingredients.
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Incoherent transport across the strange-metal regime of overdoped cuprates. Nature 2021; 595:661-666. [PMID: 34321672 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03622-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Strange metals possess highly unconventional electrical properties, such as a linear-in-temperature resistivity1-6, an inverse Hall angle that varies as temperature squared7-9 and a linear-in-field magnetoresistance10-13. Identifying the origin of these collective anomalies has proved fundamentally challenging, even in materials such as the hole-doped cuprates that possess a simple bandstructure. The prevailing consensus is that strange metallicity in the cuprates is tied to a quantum critical point at a doping p* inside the superconducting dome14,15. Here we study the high-field in-plane magnetoresistance of two superconducting cuprate families at doping levels beyond p*. At all dopings, the magnetoresistance exhibits quadrature scaling and becomes linear at high values of the ratio of the field and the temperature, indicating that the strange-metal regime extends well beyond p*. Moreover, the magnitude of the magnetoresistance is found to be much larger than predicted by conventional theory and is insensitive to both impurity scattering and magnetic field orientation. These observations, coupled with analysis of the zero-field and Hall resistivities, suggest that despite having a single band, the cuprate strange-metal region hosts two charge sectors, one containing coherent quasiparticles, the other scale-invariant 'Planckian' dissipators.
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Xu Y, Rong H, Wang Q, Wu D, Hu Y, Cai Y, Gao Q, Yan H, Li C, Yin C, Chen H, Huang J, Zhu Z, Huang Y, Liu G, Xu Z, Zhao L, Zhou XJ. Spectroscopic evidence of superconductivity pairing at 83 K in single-layer FeSe/SrTiO 3 films. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2840. [PMID: 33990574 PMCID: PMC8121788 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23106-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Single-layer FeSe films grown on the SrTiO3 substrate (FeSe/STO) have attracted much attention because of their possible record-high superconducting critical temperature (Tc) and distinct electronic structures. However, it has been under debate on how high its Tc can really reach due to the inconsistency of the results from different measurements. Here we report spectroscopic evidence of superconductivity pairing at 83 K in single-layer FeSe/STO films. By preparing high-quality single-layer FeSe/STO films, we observe strong superconductivity-induced Bogoliubov back-bending bands that extend to rather high binding energy ~ 100 meV by high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements. They provide a new definitive benchmark of superconductivity pairing that is directly observed up to 83 K. Moreover, we find that the pairing state can be further divided into two temperature regions. These results indicate that either Tc as high as 83 K is achievable, or there is a pseudogap formation from superconductivity fluctuation in single-layer FeSe/STO films. How high the superconducting transition temperature can reach in single layer FeSe/SrTiO3 films has been under debate. Here, the authors use Bogoliubov back-bending bands as a benchmark and demonstrate that superconductivity pairing can be realized up to 83 K in this system.
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- Yu Xu
- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China.
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China. .,Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Tallon JL, Loram JW. Field-dependent specific heat of the canonical underdoped cuprate superconductor [Formula: see text]. Sci Rep 2020; 10:22288. [PMID: 33339851 PMCID: PMC7749183 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79017-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The cuprate superconductor [Formula: see text], in comparison with most other cuprates, has a stable stoichiometry, is largely free of defects and may be regarded as the canonical underdoped cuprate, displaying marked pseudogap behaviour and an associated distinct weakening of superconducting properties. This cuprate 'pseudogap' manifests as a partial gap in the electronic density of states at the Fermi level and is observed in most spectroscopic properties. After several decades of intensive study it is widely believed that the pseudogap closes, mean-field like, near a characteristic temperature, [Formula: see text], which rises with decreasing hole concentration, p. Here, we report extensive field-dependent electronic specific heat studies on [Formula: see text] up to an unprecedented 400 K and show unequivocally that the pseudogap never closes, remaining open to at least 400 K where [Formula: see text] is typically presumed to be about 150 K. We show from the NMR Knight shift and the electronic entropy that the Wilson ratio is numerically consistent with a weakly-interacting Fermion system for the near-nodal states. And, from the field-dependent specific heat, we characterise the impact of fluctuations and impurity scattering on the thermodynamic properties.
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- Jeffery L. Tallon
- Robinson Research Institute, and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 33436, Lower Hutt, 5046 New Zealand
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- Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, CB3 0HE UK
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Chen SD, Hashimoto M, He Y, Song D, Xu KJ, He JF, Devereaux TP, Eisaki H, Lu DH, Zaanen J, Shen ZX. Incoherent strange metal sharply bounded by a critical doping in Bi2212. Science 2019; 366:1099-1102. [PMID: 31780552 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw8850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In normal metals, macroscopic properties are understood using the concept of quasiparticles. In the cuprate high-temperature superconductors, the metallic state above the highest transition temperature is anomalous and is known as the "strange metal." We studied this state using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. With increasing doping across a temperature-independent critical value p c ~ 0.19, we observed that near the Brillouin zone boundary, the strange metal, characterized by an incoherent spectral function, abruptly reconstructs into a more conventional metal with quasiparticles. Above the temperature of superconducting fluctuations, we found that the pseudogap also discontinuously collapses at the very same value of p c These observations suggest that the incoherent strange metal is a distinct state and a prerequisite for the pseudogap; such findings are incompatible with existing pseudogap quantum critical point scenarios.
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- Su-Di Chen
- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Institute Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. .,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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