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 …

The physics of quantum materials

B Keimer, JE Moore - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
The physical description of all materials is rooted in quantum mechanics, which describes
how atoms bond and electrons interact at a fundamental level. Although these quantum …

A common thread: The pairing interaction for unconventional superconductors

DJ Scalapino - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2012 - APS
The structures, the phase diagrams, and the appearance of a neutron resonance signaling
an unconventional superconducting state provide phenomenological evidence relating the …

Colloquium: Theory of intertwined orders in high temperature superconductors

E Fradkin, SA Kivelson, JM Tranquada - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
The electronic phase diagrams of many highly correlated systems, and, in particular, the
cuprate high temperature superconductors, are complex, with many different phases …

Nonlinear light–matter interaction at terahertz frequencies

D Nicoletti, A Cavalleri - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Strong optical pulses at mid-infrared and terahertz frequencies have recently emerged as
powerful tools to manipulate and control the solid state and especially complex condensed …

Absence of superconductivity in the pure two-dimensional Hubbard model

M Qin, CM Chung, H Shi, E Vitali, C Hubig… - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
We study the superconducting pairing correlations in the ground state of the doped Hubbard
model—in its original form without hopping beyond nearest neighbor or other perturbing …

Lattice symmetry breaking in cuprate superconductors: stripes, nematics, and superconductivity

M Vojta - Advances in Physics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article gives an overview of both theoretical and experimental developments
concerning states with lattice symmetry breaking in the cuprate high-temperature …

Charge-density-wave order with momentum and within the spin-fermion model: Continuous and discrete symmetry breaking, preemptive composite order …

Y Wang, A Chubukov - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We analyze charge order in hole-doped cuprates within the the spin-fermion model. We
show that a magnetically mediated interaction, which is known to give rise to d-wave …

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 …

Stripe order in superconducting LaBaCuO ()

MV Hücker, M v. Zimmermann, GD Gu, ZJ Xu… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
The correlations between stripe order, superconductivity, and crystal structure in La 2-x Ba x
CuO 4 single crystals have been studied by means of x-ray and neutron diffraction as well as …