Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Charge-density-wave order takes over antiferromagnetism in Bi2Sr2−x La x CuO6 superconductors

  • S. Kawasaki,
  • Z. Li,
  • M. Kitahashi,
  • C. T. Lin,
  • P. L. Kuhns,
  • A. P. Reyes,
  • Guo-qing Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01465-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Whilst superconductivity usually appears when magnetic order is suppressed, the role of charge is less known. Here, Kawasaki et al. report a charge density wave (CDW) above the superconducting transition induced by an in-plane magnetic field in Bi2Sr2-x La x CuO6, with the CDW onset temperature scaling with the pseudogap temperature.