Scattering from incipient stripe order in the high-temperature superconductor Bi 2Sr 2CaCu 2O 8+δ

Eduardo H. Da Silva Neto, Colin V. Parker, Pegor Aynajian, Aakash Pushp, Ali Yazdani, Jinsheng Wen, Zhijun Xu, Genda Gu

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Abstract

Recently, we have used spectroscopic mapping with a scanning tunneling microscope to probe modulations of the electronic density of states in single crystals of the high-temperature superconductor Bi 2Sr 2CaCu 2O 8+δ (Bi-2212) as a function of temperature. These measurements showed Cu-O bond-oriented modulations that form below the pseudogap temperature with a temperature-dependent energy dispersion displaying different behaviors in the superconducting and pseudogap states. Here we demonstrate that quasiparticle scattering from impurities does not capture the experimentally observed energy and temperature dependence of these modulations. Instead, a model of scattering of quasiparticles from short-range stripe order, with periodicity near four lattice constants (4a), reproduces the experimentally observed energy dispersion of the bond-oriented modulations and its temperature dependence across the superconducting critical temperature T c. The present study confirms the existence of short-range stripe order in Bi-2212.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number104521
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume85
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 27 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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