1. Charge density waves in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.67}$ probed by resonant x-ray scattering under uniaxial compression
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Kim, H. -H., Lefrançois, E., Kummer, K., Fumagalli, R., Brookes, N. B., Betto, D., Nakata, S., Tortora, M., Porras, J., Loew, T., Barber, M., Braicovich, L., Mackenzie, A. P., Hicks, C. W., Keimer, B., Minola, M., and Tacon, M. Le
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Condensed Matter - Superconductivity ,Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons - Abstract
We report a comprehensive Cu L$_3$-edge resonant x-ray scattering study of two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) incommensurate charge correlations in single crystals of the underdoped high-temperature superconductor YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.67}$ under uniaxial compression up to 1% along the two inequivalent Cu-O-Cu bond directions (a and b) in the CuO$_2$ planes. The pressure response of the 2D charge correlations is symmetric: pressure along a enhances correlations along b, and vice versa. Our results imply that the underlying order parameter is uniaxial. In contrast, 3D long-range charge order is only observed along b in response to compression along a. Spectroscopic resonant x-ray scattering measurements show that the 3D charge order resides exclusively in the CuO$_2$ planes and may thus be generic to the cuprates. We discuss implications of these results for models of electronic nematicity and for the interplay between charge order and superconductivity., Comment: Revised version - Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
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- 2020
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