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Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics

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LaForge, AD; Schafgans, AA; Dordevic, SV; Padilla, WJ; Burch, KS; Li, ZQ; Segawa, K; Komiya, S; Ando, Y; Tranquada, JM; Basov, DN
Published in: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
February 19, 2010

We present an analysis of infrared optical and magneto-optical conductivity data for a range of underdoped cuprate superconductors including YBa2 Cu3 Oy and La2-x Srx CuO4. In light of recent magneto-oscillation experiments which have been interpreted in terms of Fermi surface reconstruction in magnetic field, we search for far-infrared signatures of field-induced pockets of coherent quasiparticles. Analysis of the conductivity spectra in magnetic field reveals no sign of field-induced Drude-like response, as well as no evidence for modification of the pseudogap. By considering changes of the low-frequency spectral weight, we are able to place limits on the oscillator strength of coherent modes deriving from proposed field-induced pockets in the Fermi surface. In underdoped La2-x Srx CuO4 we observe a complete suppression of the superfluid density but no evidence for a coherent contribution to the conductivity. Other limits are established for YBa2 Cu3 Oy. We further discuss these results in the context of cuprate systems in which stripe order can account for the observed nodal effects but does not lead to the development of antinodal pockets with long-lived quasiparticles. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

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Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

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1550-235X

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1098-0121

Publication Date

February 19, 2010

Volume

81

Issue

6

Related Subject Headings

  • Fluids & Plasmas
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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LaForge, A. D., Schafgans, A. A., Dordevic, S. V., Padilla, W. J., Burch, K. S., Li, Z. Q., … Basov, D. N. (2010). Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 81(6). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.064510
LaForge, A. D., A. A. Schafgans, S. V. Dordevic, W. J. Padilla, K. S. Burch, Z. Q. Li, K. Segawa, et al. “Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics.” Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 81, no. 6 (February 19, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.064510.
LaForge AD, Schafgans AA, Dordevic SV, Padilla WJ, Burch KS, Li ZQ, et al. Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2010 Feb 19;81(6).
LaForge, A. D., et al. “Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics.” Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, vol. 81, no. 6, Feb. 2010. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.064510.
LaForge AD, Schafgans AA, Dordevic SV, Padilla WJ, Burch KS, Li ZQ, Segawa K, Komiya S, Ando Y, Tranquada JM, Basov DN. Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2010 Feb 19;81(6).

Published In

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI

EISSN

1550-235X

ISSN

1098-0121

Publication Date

February 19, 2010

Volume

81

Issue

6

Related Subject Headings

  • Fluids & Plasmas
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences