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Simultaneous transitions in cuprate momentum-space topology and electronic symmetry breaking

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

K. Fujita
C.K. Kim
I. Lee
J. Lee
M.H. Hamidian
I.A. Firmo
S. Mukhopadhyay
H. Eisaki
S. Uchida
M.J. Lawler
Eun-Ah Kim
J.C. Davis

Abstract

The existence of electronic symmetry breaking in the underdoped cuprates and its disappearance with increased hole density p are now widely reported. However, the relation between this transition and the momentum-space (k →-space) electronic structure underpinning the superconductivity has not yet been established. Here, we visualize the Q→ = 0 (intra-unit-cell) and Q→ ≠ 0 (density-wave) broken-symmetry states, simultaneously with the coherent k→-space topology, for Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ samples spanning the phase diagram 0.06 ≤ p ≤ 0.23. We show that the electronic symmetry-breaking tendencies weaken with increasing p and disappear close to a critical doping pc = 0.19. Concomitantly, the coherent k →-space topology undergoes an abrupt transition, from arcs to closed contours, at the same pc. These data reveal that the k →-space topology transformation in cuprates is linked intimately with the disappearance of the electronic symmetry breaking at a concealed critical point.

Date Published

Journal

Science

Volume

344

Issue

6184

Number of Pages

612-616,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84900326373&doi=10.1126%2fscience.1248783&partnerID=40&md5=48664accb3557d5d7f3d96c37caea096

DOI

10.1126/science.1248783

Group (Lab)

J.C. Seamus Davis Group
Michael Lawler Group

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