Spin dynamics in the pseudogap state of a high-temperature superconductor

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2008-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/0806.4134v1

Nature Physics 3, 780 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

6 pages, 8 figures, contains supplementary information. Some data from V. Hinkov et al., arXiv:cond-mat/0601048, is included

Scientific paper

10.1038/nphys720

The pseudogap is one of the most pervasive phenomena of high temperature superconductors. It is attributed either to incoherent Cooper pairing setting in above the superconducting transition temperature Tc, or to a hidden order parameter competing with superconductivity. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering from underdoped YBa(2)Cu(3)O(6.6) to show that the dispersion relations of spin excitations in the superconducting and pseudogap states are qualitatively different. Specifically, the extensively studied "hour glass" shape of the magnetic dispersions in the superconducting state is no longer discernible in the pseudogap state and we observe an unusual "vertical" dispersion with pronounced in-plane anisotropy. The differences between superconducting and pseudogap states are thus more profound than generally believed, suggesting a competition between these two states. Whereas the high-energy excitations are common to both states and obey the symmetry of the copper oxide square lattice, the low-energy excitations in the pseudogap state may be indicative of collective fluctuations towards a state with broken orientational symmetry predicted in theoretical work.

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