The physics of pair-density waves: cuprate superconductors and beyond

DF Agterberg, JCS Davis, SD Edkins… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We review the physics of pair-density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a
macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge …

Towards oxide electronics: a roadmap

M Coll, J Fontcuberta, M Althammer, M Bibes… - Applied surface …, 2019 - orbit.dtu.dk
At the end of a rush lasting over half a century, in which CMOS technology has been
experiencing a constant and breathtaking increase of device speed and density, Moore's …

Machine learning in electronic-quantum-matter imaging experiments

Y Zhang, A Mesaros, K Fujita, SD Edkins… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
For centuries, the scientific discovery process has been based on systematic human
observation and analysis of natural phenomena. Today, however, automated …

Imaging Dirac-mass disorder from magnetic dopant atoms in the ferromagnetic topological insulator Crx(Bi0.1Sb0.9)2-xTe3

I Lee, CK Kim, J Lee, SJL Billinge… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
To achieve and use the most exotic electronic phenomena predicted for the surface states of
3D topological insulators (TIs), it is necessary to open a “Dirac-mass gap” in their spectrum …

Imaging the energy gap modulations of the cuprate pair-density-wave state

Z Du, H Li, SH Joo, EP Donoway, J Lee, JCS Davis… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The defining characteristic, of Cooper pairs with finite centre-of-mass momentum is a
spatially modulating superconducting energy gap Δ (r), where r is a position. Recently, this …

Universality of pseudogap and emergent order in lightly doped Mott insulators

I Battisti, KM Bastiaans, V Fedoseev, A De La Torre… - Nature physics, 2017 - nature.com
It is widely believed that high-temperature superconductivity in the cuprates emerges from
doped Mott insulators. When extra carriers are inserted into the parent state, the electrons …

Atomic-scale visualization of quantum interference on a Weyl semimetal surface by scanning tunneling microscopy

H Zheng, SY Xu, G Bian, C Guo, G Chang… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Weyl semimetals may open a new era in condensed matter physics, materials science, and
nanotechnology after graphene and topological insulators. We report the first atomic scale …

Commensurate 4a0-period charge density modulations throughout the Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x pseudogap regime

A Mesaros, K Fujita, SD Edkins… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Theories based upon strong real space (r-space) electron–electron interactions have long
predicted that unidirectional charge density modulations (CDMs) with four-unit-cell (4 a 0) …

Atomic-scale electronic structure of the cuprate pair density wave state coexisting with superconductivity

P Choubey, SH Joo, K Fujita, Z Du… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The defining characteristic of hole-doped cuprates is d-wave high temperature
superconductivity. However, intense theoretical interest is now focused on whether a pair …

Evidence for a vestigial nematic state in the cuprate pseudogap phase

S Mukhopadhyay, R Sharma, CK Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The CuO2 antiferromagnetic insulator is transformed by hole-doping into an exotic quantum
fluid usually referred to as the pseudogap (PG) phase. Its defining characteristic is a strong …