Giant phonon anomaly associated with superconducting fluctuations in the pseudogap phase of cuprates

The emergence of a giant phonon anomaly in the pseudogap phase of underdoped cuprate superconductors has been assumed to be a consequence of instability towards a charge density wave state. Here, the authors present a theory suggesting the anomaly arises due to large superconducting fluctuations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ye-Hua Liu, Robert M. Konik, T. M. Rice, Fu-Chun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10378