Direct measurement of coherent nodal and antinodal dynamics in underdoped Bi-2212

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Main Authors: Mishra, Rishabh, Tollerud, Jonathan O., Franceschini, Paolo, Stavrias, Nikolas, Boschini, Fabio, Gu, Genda, Damascelli, Andrea, Fausti, Daniele, Cole, Jared H., Giannetti, Claudio, Davis, Jeffrey A.
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author Mishra, Rishabh
Tollerud, Jonathan O.
Franceschini, Paolo
Stavrias, Nikolas
Boschini, Fabio
Gu, Genda
Damascelli, Andrea
Fausti, Daniele
Cole, Jared H.
Giannetti, Claudio
Davis, Jeffrey A.
author_facet Mishra, Rishabh
Tollerud, Jonathan O.
Franceschini, Paolo
Stavrias, Nikolas
Boschini, Fabio
Gu, Genda
Damascelli, Andrea
Fausti, Daniele
Cole, Jared H.
Giannetti, Claudio
Davis, Jeffrey A.
contents The physics of strongly correlated materials is deeply rooted in electron interactions and their coupling to low-energy excitations. Unraveling the competing and cooperative nature of these interactions is crucial for connecting microscopic mechanisms to the emergence of exotic macroscopic behavior, such as high-temperature superconductivity. Here we show that polarization-resolved multidimensional coherent spectroscopy (MDCS) is able to selectively drive and measure coherent Raman excitations in different parts of the Fermi surface, where the superconducting gap vanishes or is the largest (respectively called Nodal and Antinodal region) in underdoped Bi-2212. Our evidence reveal that in the superconducting phase, the energy of Raman excitations in the nodal region is anti-correlated with the energy of electronic excitations at $\sim$1.6~eV, and both maintain coherence for over 44~fs. In contrast, excitations in the antinodal region show significantly faster decoherence ($<$18~fs) and no measurable correlations. Importantly, this long-lived coherence is specific to the superconducting phase and vanishes in the pseudogap and normal phases. This anti-correlation reveals a coherent link between the transition energy associated with the many body Cu-O bands and the energy of electronic Raman modes that map to the near-nodal superconducting gap. The different coherent dynamics of the nodal and antinodal excitations in the superconducting phase suggest that nodal fluctuations are protected from dissipation associated with scattering from antiferromagnetic fluctuations and may be relevant to sustaining the quantum coherent behaviour associated with high temperature superconductivity.
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spellingShingle Direct measurement of coherent nodal and antinodal dynamics in underdoped Bi-2212
Mishra, Rishabh
Tollerud, Jonathan O.
Franceschini, Paolo
Stavrias, Nikolas
Boschini, Fabio
Gu, Genda
Damascelli, Andrea
Fausti, Daniele
Cole, Jared H.
Giannetti, Claudio
Davis, Jeffrey A.
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Optics
The physics of strongly correlated materials is deeply rooted in electron interactions and their coupling to low-energy excitations. Unraveling the competing and cooperative nature of these interactions is crucial for connecting microscopic mechanisms to the emergence of exotic macroscopic behavior, such as high-temperature superconductivity. Here we show that polarization-resolved multidimensional coherent spectroscopy (MDCS) is able to selectively drive and measure coherent Raman excitations in different parts of the Fermi surface, where the superconducting gap vanishes or is the largest (respectively called Nodal and Antinodal region) in underdoped Bi-2212. Our evidence reveal that in the superconducting phase, the energy of Raman excitations in the nodal region is anti-correlated with the energy of electronic excitations at $\sim$1.6~eV, and both maintain coherence for over 44~fs. In contrast, excitations in the antinodal region show significantly faster decoherence ($<$18~fs) and no measurable correlations. Importantly, this long-lived coherence is specific to the superconducting phase and vanishes in the pseudogap and normal phases. This anti-correlation reveals a coherent link between the transition energy associated with the many body Cu-O bands and the energy of electronic Raman modes that map to the near-nodal superconducting gap. The different coherent dynamics of the nodal and antinodal excitations in the superconducting phase suggest that nodal fluctuations are protected from dissipation associated with scattering from antiferromagnetic fluctuations and may be relevant to sustaining the quantum coherent behaviour associated with high temperature superconductivity.
title Direct measurement of coherent nodal and antinodal dynamics in underdoped Bi-2212
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18524