Reconstruction of the occupied and unoccupied electronic states driven by quantum charge fluctuations in electron doped cuprate superconductors

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Main Authors: Yamaguchi, Hiroshi, Miyai, Yudai, Tsubota, Yuki., Atira, Masashi, Sato, Hitoshi, Song, Dongjoon, Tanaka, Kiyoshia, Shimada, Kenya, Ideta, Shin-ichiro
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author Yamaguchi, Hiroshi
Miyai, Yudai
Tsubota, Yuki.
Atira, Masashi
Sato, Hitoshi
Song, Dongjoon
Tanaka, Kiyoshia
Shimada, Kenya
Ideta, Shin-ichiro
author_facet Yamaguchi, Hiroshi
Miyai, Yudai
Tsubota, Yuki.
Atira, Masashi
Sato, Hitoshi
Song, Dongjoon
Tanaka, Kiyoshia
Shimada, Kenya
Ideta, Shin-ichiro
contents The origin of electron-boson interactions is central to understanding high-$T_c$ superconductivity in cuprates. While phonons and magnetic fluctuations are widely considered as candidates for mediating electron pairing, the role of charge fluctuations -- one of the fundamental electronic degrees of freedom -- remains unclear. Here, we investigate the electronic structure of the electron-doped cuprate Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$ using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and angle-resolved inverse photoemission spectroscopy, which reveal the occupied and unoccupied states, respectively. We identify emergent spectral features on both occupied and unoccupied states that are consistent with excitations driven by quantum charge fluctuations. The results obtained in this study offer direct experimental insight into charge fluctuations in cuprates, thereby paving the way towards clarifying their fine electronic structure and the mechanism of high-$T_c$ superconductivity.
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spellingShingle Reconstruction of the occupied and unoccupied electronic states driven by quantum charge fluctuations in electron doped cuprate superconductors
Yamaguchi, Hiroshi
Miyai, Yudai
Tsubota, Yuki.
Atira, Masashi
Sato, Hitoshi
Song, Dongjoon
Tanaka, Kiyoshia
Shimada, Kenya
Ideta, Shin-ichiro
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The origin of electron-boson interactions is central to understanding high-$T_c$ superconductivity in cuprates. While phonons and magnetic fluctuations are widely considered as candidates for mediating electron pairing, the role of charge fluctuations -- one of the fundamental electronic degrees of freedom -- remains unclear. Here, we investigate the electronic structure of the electron-doped cuprate Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$ using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and angle-resolved inverse photoemission spectroscopy, which reveal the occupied and unoccupied states, respectively. We identify emergent spectral features on both occupied and unoccupied states that are consistent with excitations driven by quantum charge fluctuations. The results obtained in this study offer direct experimental insight into charge fluctuations in cuprates, thereby paving the way towards clarifying their fine electronic structure and the mechanism of high-$T_c$ superconductivity.
title Reconstruction of the occupied and unoccupied electronic states driven by quantum charge fluctuations in electron doped cuprate superconductors
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12639