Unconventional exciton evolution from the pseudogap to superconducting phases in cuprates

A. Singh, H. Y. Huang, J. D. Xie, J. Okamoto, C. T. Chen, T. Watanabe, A. Fujimori (), M. Imada () and D. J. Huang ()
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A. Singh: National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
H. Y. Huang: National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
J. D. Xie: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
J. Okamoto: National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
C. T. Chen: National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
T. Watanabe: Hirosaki University
A. Fujimori: National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
M. Imada: Waseda University
D. J. Huang: National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Electron quasiparticles play a crucial role in simplifying the description of many-body physics in solids with surprising success. Conventional Landau’s Fermi-liquid and quasiparticle theories for high-temperature superconducting cuprates have, however, received skepticism from various angles. A path-breaking framework of electron fractionalization has been established to replace the Fermi-liquid theory for systems that show the fractional quantum Hall effect and the Mott insulating phenomena; whether it captures the essential physics of the pseudogap and superconducting phases of cuprates is still an open issue. Here, we show that excitonic excitation of optimally doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ with energy far above the superconducting-gap energy scale, about 1 eV or even higher, is unusually enhanced by the onset of superconductivity. Our finding proves the involvement of such high-energy excitons in superconductivity. Therefore, the observed enhancement in the spectral weight of excitons imposes a crucial constraint on theories for the pseudogap and superconducting mechanisms. A simple two-component fermion model which embodies electron fractionalization in the pseudogap state provides a possible mechanism of this enhancement, pointing toward a novel route for understanding the electronic structure of superconducting cuprates.

Date: 2022
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