title: Superconductivity. Broken translational and rotational symmetry via charge stripe order in underdoped YBa₂Cu₃O(6+y).
abstract: After the discovery of stripelike order in lanthanum-based copper oxide superconductors, charge-ordering instabilities were observed in all cuprate families. However, it has proven difficult to distinguish between unidirectional (stripes) and bidirectional (checkerboard) charge order in yttrium- and bismuth-based materials. We used resonant x-ray scattering to measure the two-dimensional structure factor in the superconductor YBa2Cu3O(6+y) in reciprocal space. Our data reveal the presence of charge stripe order (i.e., locally unidirectional density waves), which may represent the true microscopic nature of charge modulation in cuprates. At the same time, we find that the well-established competition between charge order and superconductivity is stronger for charge correlations across the stripes than along them, which provides additional evidence for the intrinsic unidirectional nature of the charge order.
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. r.comin@utoronto.ca damascelli@physics.ubc.ca.
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authors: Comin
authors: Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2V3, Canada.
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authors: Sutarto
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. Quantum Materials Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8, Canada. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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authors: da Silva Neto
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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authors: Chauviere
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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authors: Liang
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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authors: Bonn
authors: Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2V3, Canada.
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authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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authors: Sawatzky
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. r.comin@utoronto.ca damascelli@physics.ubc.ca.
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