Direct observation of competition between superconductivity and charge density wave order in YBa2Cu3O6.67

J Chang, E Blackburn, AT Holmes, NB Christensen… - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Superconductivity often emerges in the proximity of, or in competition with, symmetry-
breaking ground states such as antiferromagnetism or charge density waves,,,,(CDW). A …

Competing charge, spin, and superconducting orders in underdoped

M Huecker, NB Christensen, AT Holmes, E Blackburn… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
To explore the do** dependence of the recently discovered charge-density-wave (CDW)
order in YBa 2 Cu 3 O y, we present a bulk-sensitive high-energy x-ray study for several …

The microscopic structure of charge density waves in underdoped YBa2Cu3O6.54 revealed by X-ray diffraction

EM Forgan, E Blackburn, AT Holmes, AKR Briffa… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Charge density wave (CDW) order appears throughout the underdoped high-temperature
cuprate superconductors, but the underlying symmetry breaking and the origin of the CDW …

Inelastic x-ray study of phonon broadening and charge-density wave formation in ortho-II-ordered YBaCuO

E Blackburn, J Chang, AH Said, BM Leu, R Liang… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
Inelastic x-ray scattering is used to investigate charge-density wave (CDW) formation and
the low-energy lattice dynamics of the underdoped high-temperature superconductor ortho-II …

A 17 T horizontal field cryomagnet with rapid sample change designed for beamline use

AT Holmes, GR Walsh, E Blackburn… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a new 17 T cryomagnet for neutron, x-ray or optical experiments with rapid in
situ sample change. Sample temperatures are controllable from below 2 K to 300 K in …

Fermi surface reconstruction and quantum oscillations in underdoped modeled in a single bilayer with mirror symmetry broken by charge density waves

AKR Briffa, E Blackburn, SM Hayden, EA Yelland… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Hole-doped high-temperature cuprate superconductors below optimum do** have
electronlike Fermi surfaces occupying a small fraction of the Brillouin zone. There is strong …

X-ray diffraction studies of charge density waves in cuprate superconductors: A brief review

E Blackburn - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2015 - Elsevier
High temperature superconductivity in the cuprates has fascinated scientists for more than
25 years, but there is still no consensus on the pairing mechanism. Soon after the discovery …

[PDF][PDF] X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of a Charge Density Wave in Superconducting Ortho-II YBa2Cu3O6. 54 Single Crystals at a Zero External Magnetic Field

E Blackburn, J Chang, M Huecker… - Physical Review …, 2013 - pure-oai.bham.ac.uk
X-ray diffraction measurements show that the high-temperature superconductor
YBa2Cu3O6: 54, with ortho-II oxygen order, has charge-density-wave order in the absence …