X-ray imaging of dispersive charge modes in a doped Mott insulator near the antiferromagnet/superconductor transition

Y. W. Li; D. Qian; L. Wray; D. Hsieh; Y. Xia; Y. Kaga; T. Sasagawa; H. Takagi; R. S. Markiewicz; A. Bansil; H. Eisaki; S. Uchida; M. Z. Hasan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.073104

X-ray imaging of dispersive charge modes in a doped Mott insulator near the antiferromagnet/superconductor transition

Y. W. Li, D. Qian, L. Wray, D. Hsieh, Y. Xia, Y. Kaga, T. Sasagawa, H. Takagi, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, M. Z. Hasan

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.073104 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Momentum-resolved inelastic resonant x-ray scattering is used to map the doping evolution of bulk electronic modes in the doped Mott insulator class Nd2−xCexCuO4. As the doping induced antiferromagnet/superconductor (AFM/SC) transition is approached, we observe an anisotropic redistribution of the spectral weight of collective excitations over a large energy scale along the Γ→(π,π) direction, whereas the modes exhibit broadening (∼1 eV) with relatively little softening along Γ→(π,0) with respect to the parent Mott state (x=0). Our study reveals a closing of the charge gap in the vicinity of the zone center even though the mode softening and spectral redistribution involve an unusually large energy scale over the full Brillouin zone. The collective behavior of modes in the vicinity of the AFM/SC critical transition is demonstrated.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
Nd2-xCexCuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	—	Pressure not reported	unknown