Quantum oscillations from Fermi arcs

Details Quantum oscillations from Fermi arcs Quantum oscillations from Fermi arcs

2009-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/0905.2431v1

Nature Physics 6, 44-49 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

8 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1038/nphys1431

When a metal is subjected to strong magnetic field B nearly all measurable quantities exhibit oscillations periodic in 1/B. Such quantum oscillations represent a canonical probe of the defining aspect of a metal, its Fermi surface (FS). In this study we establish a new mechanism for quantum oscillations which requires only finite segments of a FS to exist. Oscillations periodic in 1/B occur if the FS segments are terminated by a pairing gap. Our results reconcile the recent breakthrough experiments showing quantum oscillations in a cuprate superconductor YBCO, with a well-established result of many angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) studies which consistently indicate "Fermi arcs" -- truncated segments of a Fermi surface -- in the normal state of the cuprates.

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