Distinct Charge Orders in the Planes and Chains of Ortho-III-Ordered YBa2Cu3O6 identified by Resonant elas- tic x-ray scattering

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Abstract

Recently, charge density wave order with {\bf \it Q} = [0.3 0 $L$] and [0 0.3 $L$] was detected for the first time in underdoped YBCO using resonant soft x-ray scattering at the Cu $L_3$ absorption edge. Here, we explore the energy and polarization dependence of the resonant scattering intensity in detwinned YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.75}$ with ortho-III oxygen ordering in the chain layer. We show that the ortho-III order results in a commensurate peak at $H$ = 0.33 whose energy and polarization dependence agrees with expectations for oxygen ordering in the chains. The [0.3 0 $L$] and [0 0.3 $L$] peaks, which result from a modulation of Cu 3$d_{x^2-y^2}$ states in the CuO$_2$ planes, are shown to be distinct and seemingly unrelated to the structure of the chain layer. Moreover, the energy dependence of the [0.3 0 $L$] and [0 0.3 $L$] scattering intensity is found to result from a spatial modulation of the energies of the Cu 2$p$ to 3$d_{x^2-y^2}$ transition, similar to stripe-ordered 214 cuprates.

Authors

  • D.G. Hawthorn

    • University of Waterloo
  • A.J. Achkar

    • University of Waterloo
  • R. Sutarto

    • University of British Columbia
  • X. Mao

    • University of Waterloo
  • F. He

    • Canadian Light Source
  • A. Frano

    • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
  • S. Blanco-Canosa

    • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
  • M. Le Tacon

    • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
  • G. Ghiringhelli

    • Politecnico di Milano
  • L. Braicovich

    • Politecnico di Milano
  • M. Minola

    • Politecnico di Milano
  • M. Moretti Sala

    • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
  • C. Mazzoli

    • Politecnico di Milano
  • Ruixing Liang

    • University of British Columbia
  • D.A. Bonn

    • University of British Columbia
  • W.N. Hardy

    • University of British Columbia
  • B. Keimer

    • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
  • G.A. Sawatzky

    • University of British Columbia