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Coincidence of Checkerboard Charge Order and Antinodal State Decoherence in Strongly Underdoped Superconducting $Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+\delta$

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Phys. Rev. Lett., 94 (19): 197005 (May 2005)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.197005

Abstract

The doping dependence of nanoscale electronic structure in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ is studied by scanning tunneling microscopy. At all dopings, the low energy density-of-states modulations are analyzed according to a simple model of quasiparticle interference and found to be consistent with Fermi-arc superconductivity. The superconducting coherence peaks, ubiquitous in near-optimal tunneling spectra, are destroyed with strong underdoping and a new spectral type appears. Exclusively in regions exhibiting this new spectrum, we find local “checkerboard” charge ordering of high energy states, with a wave vector of Q⃗=(±2π/4.5a0,0); (0,±2π/4.5a0)±15%. Surprisingly, this spatial ordering of high energy states coexists harmoniously with the low energy Bogoliubov quasiparticle states.

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