Universal correlation between H-linear magnetoresistance and T-linear resistivity in high-temperature superconductors

Autor: J. Ayres, M. Berben, C. Duffy, R. D. H. Hinlopen, Y.-T. Hsu, A. Cuoghi, M. Leroux, I. Gilmutdinov, M. Massoudzadegan, D. Vignolles, Y. Huang, T. Kondo, T. Takeuchi, S. Friedemann, A. Carrington, C. Proust, N. E. Hussey
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52564-3
Popis: Abstract The signature feature of the ‘strange metal’ state of high-T c cuprates—its linear-in-temperature resistivity—has a coefficient α 1 that correlates with T c , as expected were α 1 derived from scattering off the same bosonic fluctuations that mediate pairing. Recently, an anomalous linear-in-field magnetoresistance (=γ 1 H) has also been observed, but only over a narrow doping range, leaving its relation to the strange metal state and to the superconductivity unclear. Here, we report in-plane magnetoresistance measurements on three hole-doped cuprate families spanning a wide range of temperatures, magnetic field strengths and doping. In contrast to expectations from Boltzmann transport theory, γ 1 is found to correlate universally with α 1. A phenomenological model incorporating real-space inhomogeneity is proposed to explain this correlation. Within this picture, superconductivity in hole-doped cuprates is governed not by the strength of quasiparticle interactions with a bosonic bath, but by the concentration of strange metallic carriers.
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