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 …
macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge …
Colloquium: Theory of intertwined orders in high temperature superconductors
The electronic phase diagrams of many highly correlated systems, and, in particular, the
cuprate high temperature superconductors, are complex, with many different phases …
cuprate high temperature superconductors, are complex, with many different phases …
: Phonon bands, localized flat-band magnetism, models, and chemical analysis
In a series of recent reports, doped lead apatite (LK-99) has been proposed as a candidate
ambient temperature and pressure superconductor. However, from both an experimental …
ambient temperature and pressure superconductor. However, from both an experimental …
Colloquium: Anomalous metals: Failed superconductors
A Kapitulnik, SA Kivelson, B Spivak - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
The observation of metallic ground states in a variety of two-dimensional electronic systems
poses a fundamental challenge for the theory of electron fluids. Here evidence is analyzed …
poses a fundamental challenge for the theory of electron fluids. Here evidence is analyzed …
Amperean pairing and the pseudogap phase of cuprate superconductors
PA Lee - Physical Review X, 2014 - APS
The enigmatic pseudogap phase in underdoped cuprate high-T c superconductors has long
been recognized as a central puzzle of the T c problem. Recent data show that the …
been recognized as a central puzzle of the T c problem. Recent data show that the …
Uniaxial pressure control of competing orders in a high-temperature superconductor
Cuprates exhibit antiferromagnetic, charge density wave (CDW), and high-temperature
superconducting ground states that can be tuned by means of doping and external magnetic …
superconducting ground states that can be tuned by means of doping and external magnetic …
Cuprate superconductors as viewed through a striped lens
JM Tranquada - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding the electron pairing in hole-doped cuprate superconductors has been a
challenge, in particular because the “normal” state from which it evolves is unprecedented …
challenge, in particular because the “normal” state from which it evolves is unprecedented …
Magnetic field–induced pair density wave state in the cuprate vortex halo
SD Edkins, A Kostin, K Fujita, AP Mackenzie, H Eisaki… - Science, 2019 - science.org
High magnetic fields suppress cuprate superconductivity to reveal an unusual density wave
(DW) state coexisting with unexplained quantum oscillations. Although routinely labeled a …
(DW) state coexisting with unexplained quantum oscillations. Although routinely labeled a …
Pair-density waves, charge-density waves, and vortices in high- cuprates
A recent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiment reports the observation of a
charge-density wave (CDW) with a period of approximately 8a in the halo region …
charge-density wave (CDW) with a period of approximately 8a in the halo region …
Disorder raises the critical temperature of a cuprate superconductor
With the discovery of charge-density waves (CDWs) in most members of the cuprate high-
temperature superconductors, the interplay between superconductivity and CDWs has …
temperature superconductors, the interplay between superconductivity and CDWs has …