I05-ARPES
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S.
Smit
,
E.
Mauri
,
L.
Bawden
,
F.
Heringa
,
F.
Gerritsen
,
E.
Van Heumen
,
Y. K.
Huang
,
T.
Kondo
,
T.
Takeuchi
,
N. E.
Hussey
,
M.
Allan
,
T. K.
Kim
,
C.
Cacho
,
A.
Krikun
,
K.
Schalm
,
H. T. C.
Stoof
,
M. S.
Golden
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[19403, 22464]
Open Access
Abstract: The anomalous strange metal phase found in high-Tc cuprates does not follow the conventional condensed-matter principles enshrined in the Fermi liquid and presents a great challenge for theory. Highly precise experimental determination of the electronic self-energy can provide a test bed for theoretical models of strange metals, and angle-resolved photoemission can provide this as a function of frequency, momentum, temperature and doping. Here we show that constant energy cuts through the nodal spectral function in (Pb,Bi)2Sr2−xLaxCuO6+δ have a non-Lorentzian lineshape, consistent with a self-energy that is k dependent. This provides a new test for aspiring theories. Here we show that the experimental data are captured remarkably well by a power law with a k-dependent scaling exponent smoothly evolving with doping, a description that emerges naturally from anti-de Sitter/conformal-field-theory based semi-holography. This puts a spotlight on holographic methods for the quantitative modelling of strongly interacting quantum materials like the cuprate strange metals.
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May 2024
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I05-ARPES
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M.
Berben
,
S.
Smit
,
C.
Duffy
,
Y.-T.
Hsu
,
L.
Bawden
,
F.
Heringa
,
F.
Gerritsen
,
S.
Cassanelli
,
X.
Feng
,
S.
Bron
,
E.
Van Heumen
,
Y.
Huang
,
F.
Bertran
,
T. K.
Kim
,
C.
Cacho
,
A.
Carrington
,
M. S.
Golden
,
N. E.
Hussey
Abstract: Once doped away from their parent Mott insulating state, the hole-doped cuprates enter into many varied and exotic phases. The onset temperature of each phase is then plotted versus
p
—the number of doped holes per copper atom—to form a representative phase diagram. Apart from differences in the absolute temperature scales among the various families, the resultant phase diagrams are strikingly similar. In particular, the
p
values corresponding to optimal doping (
p
opt
∼
0.16
) and to the end of the pseudogap phase
(
p
∗
∼
0.19
–
0.20
)
are essentially the same for all cuprate families bar one: the single-layer Bi-based cuprate
Bi
2
+
z
−
y
Pb
y
Sr
2
−
x
−
z
La
x
CuO
6
+
δ
(Bi2201). This anomaly arises partly due to the complex stoichiometry of this material and also to the different
p
values inferred from disparate (e.g., bulk or surface) measurements performed on samples with comparable superconducting transition temperatures
T
c
. Here, by combining measurements of the in-plane resistivity in zero and high magnetic fields with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies in the superconducting and normal state, we argue that the phase diagram of Bi2201 may in fact be similar to that realized in other families. This study therefore brings Bi2201 into the fold and supports the notion of universality of
p
opt
and
p
∗
in all hole-doped cuprates.
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Apr 2022
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I05-ARPES
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F.
Mazzola
,
C.-M.
Yim
,
V.
Sunko
,
S.
Khim
,
P.
Kushwaha
,
O. J.
Clark
,
L.
Bawden
,
I.
Markovic
,
D.
Chakraborti
,
T. K.
Kim
,
M.
Hoesch
,
A. P.
Mackenzie
,
P.
Wahl
,
P. D. C.
King
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[12469, 14927, 1626]
Open Access
Abstract: Controlling spin wave excitations in magnetic materials underpins the burgeoning field of magnonics. Yet, little is known about how magnons interact with the conduction electrons of itinerant magnets, or how this interplay can be controlled. Via a surface-sensitive spectroscopic approach, we demonstrate a strong electron–magnon coupling at the Pd-terminated surface of the delafossite oxide PdCoO2, where a polar surface charge mediates a Stoner transition to itinerant surface ferromagnetism. We show how the coupling is enhanced sevenfold with increasing surface disorder, and concomitant charge carrier doping, becoming sufficiently strong to drive the system into a polaronic regime, accompanied by a significant quasiparticle mass enhancement. Our study thus sheds light on electron–magnon interactions in solid-state materials, and the ways in which these can be controlled.
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Feb 2022
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I05-ARPES
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[13438, 16262, 18705]
Abstract: We investigate the electronic structure of a two-dimensional electron gas created at the surface of the multivalley semimetal 1T−PtSe2. Using angle-resolved photoemission and first-principles-based surface space-charge calculations, we show how the induced quantum well sub-band states form multiple Fermi surfaces, which exhibit highly anisotropic Rashba-like spin splittings. We further show how the presence of both electronlike and holelike bulk carriers causes the near-surface band bending potential to develop an unusual nonmonotonic form, with spatially segregated electron accumulation and hole accumulation regions, which in turn amplifies the induced spin splitting. Our results thus demonstrate the novel environment that semimetals provide for tailoring electrostatically induced potential profiles and their corresponding quantum sub-band states.
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Jan 2019
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I05-ARPES
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Federico
Mazzola
,
Veronika
Sunko
,
Seunghyun
Khim
,
Helge
Rosner
,
Pallavi
Kushwaha
,
Oliver J.
Clark
,
Lewis
Bawden
,
Igor
Markovic
,
Timur K.
Kim
,
Moritz
Hoesch
,
Andrew P.
Mackenzie
,
Phil D. C.
King
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[12469, 14927, 16262]
Abstract: The ability to modulate the collective properties of correlated electron systems at their interfaces and surfaces underpins the burgeoning field of “designer” quantum materials. Here, we show how an electronic reconstruction driven by surface polarity mediates a Stoner-like magnetic instability to itinerant ferromagnetism at the Pd-terminated surface of the nonmagnetic delafossite oxide metal PdCoO2. Combining angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and density-functional theory calculations, we show how this leads to a rich multiband surface electronic structure. We find similar surface state dispersions in PdCrO2, suggesting surface ferromagnetism persists in this sister compound despite its bulk antiferromagnetic order.
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Dec 2018
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I05-ARPES
I10-Beamline for Advanced Dichroism - scattering
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J. M.
Riley
,
F.
Caruso
,
C.
Verdi
,
L. B.
Duffy
,
M. D.
Watson
,
L.
Bawden
,
K.
Volckaert
,
G.
Van Der Laan
,
T.
Hesjedal
,
M.
Hoesch
,
F.
Giustino
,
P. D. C.
King
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[15481, 13539, 16162]
Open Access
Abstract: Strong many-body interactions in solids yield a host of fascinating and potentially useful physical properties. Here, from angle-resolved photoemission experiments and ab initio
many-body calculations, we demonstrate how a strong coupling of conduction electrons with
collective plasmon excitations of their own Fermi sea leads to the formation of plasmonic polarons in the doped ferromagnetic semiconductor EuO. We observe how these exhibit a significant tunability with charge carrier doping, leading to a polaronic liquid that is qualitatively distinct from its more conventional lattice-dominated analogue. Our study thus suggests powerful opportunities for tailoring quantum many-body interactions in solids via dilute charge carrier doping.
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Jun 2018
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I05-ARPES
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O. J.
Clark
,
M. J.
Neat
,
K.
Okawa
,
L.
Bawden
,
I.
Markovic
,
Federico
Mazzola
,
J.
Feng
,
V.
Sunko
,
J. M.
Riley
,
W.
Meevasana
,
J.
Fujii
,
I.
Vobornik
,
T. K.
Kim
,
M.
Hoesch
,
T.
Sasagawa
,
P.
Wahl
,
M. S.
Bahramy
,
P. D. C.
King
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[9500, 12469, 13438, 16262]
Abstract: We study the low-energy surface electronic structure of the transition-metal dichalcogenide superconductor PdTe2 by spin- and angle-resolved photoemission, scanning tunneling microscopy, and density-functional theory-based supercell calculations. Comparing PdTe2 with its sister compound PtSe2, we demonstrate how enhanced interlayer hopping in the Te-based material drives a band inversion within the antibonding p-orbital manifold well above the Fermi level. We show how this mediates spin-polarized topological surface states which form rich multivalley Fermi surfaces with complex spin textures. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveals type-II superconductivity at the surface, and moreover shows no evidence for an unconventional component of its superconducting order parameter, despite the presence of topological surface states.
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Apr 2018
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I05-ARPES
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M. S.
Bahramy
,
O. J.
Clark
,
B.-J.
Yang
,
J.
Feng
,
L.
Bawden
,
J. M.
Riley
,
I.
Markovic
,
F.
Mazzola
,
V.
Sunko
,
D.
Biswas
,
S. P.
Cooil
,
M.
Jorge
,
J. W.
Wells
,
M.
Leandersson
,
T.
Balasubramanian
,
J.
Fujii
,
I.
Vobornik
,
J. E.
Rault
,
T. K.
Kim
,
M.
Hoesch
,
K.
Okawa
,
M.
Asakawa
,
T.
Sasagawa
,
T.
Eknapakul
,
W.
Meevasana
,
P. D. C.
King
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[2469, 9500, 13438, 14927]
Abstract: Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are renowned for their rich and varied bulk properties, while their single-layer variants have become one of the most prominent examples of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene. Their disparate ground states largely depend on transition metal d-electron-derived electronic states, on which the vast majority of attention has been concentrated to date. Here, we focus on the chalcogen-derived states. From density-functional theory calculations together with spin- and angle-resolved photoemission, we find that these generically host a co-existence of type-I and type-II three-dimensional bulk Dirac fermions as well as ladders of topological surface states and surface resonances. We demonstrate how these naturally arise within a single p-orbital manifold as a general consequence of a trigonal crystal field, and as such can be expected across a large number of compounds. Already, we demonstrate their existence in six separate TMDs, opening routes to tune, and ultimately exploit, their topological physics.
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Nov 2017
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I05-ARPES
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V.
Sunko
,
H.
Rosner
,
P.
Kushwaha
,
S.
Khim
,
F.
Mazzola
,
L.
Bawden
,
O. J.
Clark
,
J. M.
Riley
,
D.
Kasinathan
,
M. W.
Haverkort
,
T. K.
Kim
,
M.
Hoesch
,
J.
Fujii
,
I.
Vobornik
,
A. P.
Mackenzie
,
P.
King
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[12469, 14927, 18267]
Abstract: Engineering and enhancing the breaking of inversion symmetry in solids—that is, allowing electrons to differentiate between ‘up’ and ‘down’—is a key goal in condensed-matter physics and materials science because it can be used to stabilize states that are of fundamental interest and also have potential practical applications. Examples include improved ferroelectrics for memory devices and materials that host Majorana zero modes for quantum computing1, 2. Although inversion symmetry is naturally broken in several crystalline environments, such as at surfaces and interfaces, maximizing the influence of this effect on the electronic states of interest remains a challenge. Here we present a mechanism for realizing a much larger coupling of inversion-symmetry breaking to itinerant surface electrons than is typically achieved. The key element is a pronounced asymmetry of surface hopping energies—that is, a kinetic-energy-coupled inversion-symmetry breaking, the energy scale of which is a substantial fraction of the bandwidth. Using spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we demonstrate that such a strong inversion-symmetry breaking, when combined with spin–orbit interactions, can mediate Rashba-like3, 4 spin splittings that are much larger than would typically be expected. The energy scale of the inversion-symmetry breaking that we achieve is so large that the spin splitting in the CoO2- and RhO2-derived surface states of delafossite oxides becomes controlled by the full atomic spin–orbit coupling of the 3d and 4d transition metals, resulting in some of the largest known Rashba-like3, 4 spin splittings. The core structural building blocks that facilitate the bandwidth-scaled inversion-symmetry breaking are common to numerous materials. Our findings therefore provide opportunities for creating spin-textured states and suggest routes to interfacial control of inversion-symmetry breaking in designer heterostructures of oxides and other material classes.
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Sep 2017
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I05-ARPES
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D.
Biswas
,
Alex M.
Ganose
,
R.
Yano
,
J. M.
Riley
,
L.
Bawden
,
O. J.
Clark
,
J.
Feng
,
L.
Collins-Mcintyre
,
M. T.
Sajjad
,
W.
Meevasana
,
T. K.
Kim
,
M.
Hoesch
,
J. E.
Rault
,
T.
Sasagawa
,
David O.
Scanlon
,
P. D. C.
King
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[9500, 11383]
Abstract: We have used angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to investigate the band structure of ReS2, a transition-metal dichalcogenide semiconductor with a distorted 1T crystal structure. We find a large number of narrow valence bands, which we attribute to the combined influence of structural distortion and spin-orbit coupling. We further show how this leads to a strong in-plane anisotropy of the electronic structure, with quasi-one-dimensional bands reflecting predominant hopping along zigzag Re chains. We find that this does not persist up to the top of the valence band, where a more three-dimensional character is recovered with the fundamental band gap located away from the Brillouin zone center along kz. These experiments are in good agreement with our density-functional theory calculations, shedding light on the bulk electronic structure of ReS2, and how it can be expected to evolve when thinned to a single layer.
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Aug 2017
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