Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-02-04
Nature Communications 2, 432 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
15 pages, 5 figures, Supplementary information now integrated into article
Scientific paper
10.1038/ncomms1440
Quantum oscillations have revealed the presence of a small pocket in the Fermi surface of the cuprate superconductor YBCO, whose nature and origin are the subject of much debate. Interpretations include electron and hole pockets; scenarios include Fermi-surface reconstruction by antiferromagnetism, d-density-wave order, and stripe order. Here we report quantum oscillations in the Seebeck and Nernst coefficients of YBCO and show, from the magnitude and sign of the Seebeck coefficient, that they come from an electron pocket. Using measurements of the Seebeck coefficient as a function of hole doping p, we show that the evolution of the Fermi surface in YBCO is the same as in Eu-LSCO, a cuprate where stripe order (a modulation of spin and charge densities) is well established. The electron pocket is most prominent where stripe order is strongest, at p = 1/8. This shows that Fermi-surface reconstruction is a generic mechanism of underdoped cuprates, intimately related to stripe order.
Behnia Kamran
Bonn Douglas A.
Chang Jaewan
Daou Ramzy
Doiron-Leyraud Nicolas
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