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Superconductivity from charge order in cuprates

Superconductivity 2021-09-22 v2

Abstract

Superconductivity in layered cuprates is induced by doping holes into a parent antiferromagnetic insulator. It is now recognized that another common emergent order involves charge stripes, and our understanding of the relationship between charge stripes and superconductivity has been evolving. Here we review studies of 214 cuprate families obtained by doping La2_2CuO4_4. Charge-stripe order tends to compete with bulk superconductivity; nevertheless, there is plentiful evidence that it coexists with two-dimensional superconductivity. This has been interpreted in terms of pair-density-wave superconductivity, and the perspective has shifted from competing to intertwined orders. In fact, a new picture of superconductivity based on pairing within charge stripes has been proposed, as we discuss.

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@article{arxiv.2107.03421,
  title  = {Superconductivity from charge order in cuprates},
  author = {J. M. Tranquada and M. P. M. Dean and Qiang Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.03421},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

10 pp, 12 figs, final version of special-topic invited review for JPSJ

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