The physics of pair-density waves: cuprate superconductors and beyond

DF Agterberg, JCS Davis, SD Edkins… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We review the physics of pair-density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a
macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge …

Charge correlations in cuprate superconductors

SM Hayden, JM Tranquada - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
High-temperature superconductivity, with transition temperatures up to≈ 134 K at ambient
pressure, occurs in layered cuprate compounds. The conducting CuO2 planes, which are …

Long-Range Incommensurate Charge Fluctuations in (Y,Nd)Ba2Cu3O6+x

G Ghiringhelli, M Le Tacon, M Minola… - Science, 2012 - science.org
The concept that superconductivity competes with other orders in cuprate superconductors
has become increasingly apparent, but obtaining direct evidence with bulk-sensitive probes …

Resonant x-ray scattering study of charge-density wave correlations in

S Blanco-Canosa, A Frano, E Schierle, J Porras… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We report the results of a comprehensive study of charge-density wave (CDW) correlations
in untwinned YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6+ x single crystals with 0.4≤ x≤ 0.99 using Cu L 3 edge …

Amperean pairing and the pseudogap phase of cuprate superconductors

PA Lee - Physical Review X, 2014 - APS
The enigmatic pseudogap phase in underdoped cuprate high-T c superconductors has long
been recognized as a central puzzle of the T c problem. Recent data show that the …

A model of d-wave superconductivity, antiferromagnetism, and charge order on the square lattice

M Christos, ZX Luo, H Shackleton… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
We describe the confining instabilities of a proposed quantum spin liquid underlying the
pseudogap metal state of the hole-doped cuprates. The spin liquid can be described by a …

Charge-density-wave order with momentum and within the spin-fermion model: Continuous and discrete symmetry breaking, preemptive composite order …

Y Wang, A Chubukov - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We analyze charge order in hole-doped cuprates within the the spin-fermion model. We
show that a magnetically mediated interaction, which is known to give rise to d-wave …

Quantum oscillations in the hole-doped cuprates and the confinement of spinons

PM Bonetti, M Christos, S Sachdev - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
A long-standing problem in the study of the under-hole-doped cuprates has been the
description of the Fermi surfaces underlying the high magnetic field quantum oscillations …

Bond order in two-dimensional metals with antiferromagnetic exchange interactions

S Sachdev, R La Placa - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We present an unrestricted Hartree-Fock computation of charge-ordering instabilities of two-
dimensional metals with antiferromagnetic exchange interactions, allowing for arbitrary …

Towards resolution of the Fermi surface in underdoped high-Tc superconductors

SE Sebastian, N Harrison… - Reports on progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We survey recent experimental results including quantum oscillations and complementary
measurements probing the electronic structure of underdoped cuprates, and theoretical …