Dependence of Tc of YBa2Cu3O6.67 on in-plane uniaxial stress

Mark E. Barber; Hun-ho Kim; Toshinao Loew; Matthieu Le tacon; Matteo Minola; Marcin Konczykowski; Bernhard Keimer; Andrew P. Mackenzie; Clifford W. Hicks

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.106.184516

Dependence of T_c of YBa₂Cu₃O_6.67on in-plane uniaxial stress

Mark E. Barber, Hun-ho Kim, Toshinao Loew, Matthieu Le tacon, Matteo Minola, Marcin Konczykowski, Bernhard Keimer, Andrew P. Mackenzie, Clifford W. Hicks

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We probe the effect on T_c of in-plane uniaxial stress applied to the high-temperature superconductor YBa₂Cu₃O_6.67. We find a highly anisotropic response. Under compression along the b axis, which reduces the orthorhombicity of the CuO₂ planes, T_c is broadly flat for stresses up to at least 1.7 GPa. Under compression along the a axis, T_c decreases steeply. For stresses beyond ≈1 GPa the decrease is quasilinear. We hypothesize that superconductivity is suppressed by competition with uniaxial charge density wave order, which has been found to onset at ≈1 GPa.

Original language	English
Article number	184516
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	106
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.184516
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2022

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Dependence of Tc of YBa2Cu3O6.67 on in-plane uniaxial stress

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