Orbital-selective time-domain signature of nematicity dynamics in the charge-density-wave phase of La1.65Eu0.2Sr0.15CuO4.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 121(23): e2400727121, 2024 Jun 04.
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Understanding the interplay between charge, nematic, and structural ordering tendencies in cuprate superconductors is critical to unraveling their complex phase diagram. Using pump-probe time-resolved resonant X-ray scattering on the (0 0 1) Bragg peak at the Cu [Formula see text] and O [Formula see text] resonances, we investigate nonequilibrium dynamics of [Formula see text] nematic order and its association with both charge density wave (CDW) order and lattice dynamics in La[Formula see text]Eu[Formula see text]Sr[Formula see text]CuO[Formula see text]. The orbital selectivity of the resonant X-ray scattering cross-section allows nematicity dynamics associated with the planar O 2[Formula see text] and Cu 3[Formula see text] states to be distinguished from the response of anisotropic lattice distortions. A direct time-domain comparison of CDW translational-symmetry breaking and nematic rotational-symmetry breaking reveals that these broken symmetries remain closely linked in the photoexcited state, consistent with the stability of CDW topological defects in the investigated pump fluence regime.
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