Persistent short-range charge correlations revealed by ultrafast melting of electronic order in YBa2Cu3O6+x
Using ultrafast resonant X-ray scattering, researchers discovered that photo-excitation in YBa2Cu3O6.67 selectively melts long-range charge density wave order while revealing persistent short-range correlations, thereby demonstrating a method to disentangle coexisting electronic orders based on their distinct fluence thresholds and recovery timescales.
C. Seo, L. Shen, A. N. Petsch, S. Wandel, V. Esposito, J. D. Koralek, G. L. Dakovski, M-F. Lin, S. P. Moeller, W. F. Schlotter, A. H. Reid, M. P. Minitti, R. Liang, D. Bonn, W. Hardy, A. Damascelli, C. Giannetti, E. H. da Silva Neto, J. J. Turner, F. Boschini, G. CoslovichThu, 12 Ma🔬 cond-mat