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Extent of Fermi-surface reconstruction in the high-temperature superconductor HgBa2CuO4+δ

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Mun Chan
Ross McDonald
B. Ramshaw
Jon Betts
Arkady Shekhter
Eric Bauer
Neil Harrison

Abstract

High magnetic fields have revealed a surprisingly small Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates, possibly resulting from Fermi-surface reconstruction due to an order parameter that breaks translational symmetry of the crystal lattice. A crucial issue concerns the doping extent of such a state and its relationship to the principal pseudogap and superconducting phases. We employ pulsed magnetic-field measurements on the cuprate HgBa2CuO4+δ to identify signatures of Fermi-surface reconstruction from a sign change of the Hall effect and a peak in the temperature-dependent planar resistivity. We trace the termination of Fermi-surface reconstruction to two hole concentrations where the superconducting upper critical fields are found to be enhanced. One of these points is associated with the pseudogap endpoint near optimal doping. These results connect the Fermi-surface reconstruction to both superconductivity and the pseudogap phenomena. © 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Date Published

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volume

117

Issue

18

Number of Pages

9782-9786,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084293336&doi=10.1073%2fpnas.1914166117&partnerID=40&md5=bd8304e6f8b0832a4c1128c3f0e747cf

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1914166117

Group (Lab)

Brad Ramshaw Group

Funding Source

DMR-1644779

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