Dispersive spin excitations in highly overdoped cuprates revealed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

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Contributors

  • M. Le Tacon - , Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Author)
  • M. Minola - , Polytechnic University of Milan (Author)
  • D. C. Peets - , Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Author)
  • M. Moretti Sala - , European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) (Author)
  • S. Blanco-Canosa - , Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Author)
  • V. Hinkov - , Max Planck-UBC Center for Quantum Materials (Author)
  • R. Liang - , Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (Author)
  • D. A. Bonn - , Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (Author)
  • W. N. Hardy - , Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (Author)
  • C. T. Lin - , Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Author)
  • T. Schmitt - , Paul Scherrer Institute (Author)
  • L. Braicovich - , Polytechnic University of Milan (Author)
  • G. Ghiringhelli - , Polytechnic University of Milan (Author)
  • B. Keimer - , Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Author)

Abstract

Using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Cu L-absorption edge, we have observed intense, dispersive spin excitations in highly overdoped Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta (superconducting T-c = 6 K), a model compound whose normal-state charge transport and thermodynamic properties have been shown to exhibit canonical Fermi-liquid behavior. Complementary RIXS experiments on slightly overdoped Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta (T-c = 89 K) and on Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3O6+delta compounds spanning a wide range of doping levels indicate that these excitations exhibit energies and energy-integrated spectral weights closely similar to those of antiferromagnetic magnons in undoped cuprates, indicating the persistence of substantial antiferromagnetic spin correlations over a wide doping range. The surprising coexistence of such correlations with Fermi-liquid-like charge excitations in highly overdoped cuprates poses a challenge to current theoretical models of correlated-electron metals.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number020501
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical review. B
Volume88
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2013
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84880784739

Keywords

Keywords

  • HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR, T-C SUPERCONDUCTOR, FERMI-SURFACE, TL2BA2CUO6+DELTA, TRANSITION, STATE