Development of 2e-ARPES to Measure Correlated Electron Pairs in Unconventional Superconductors I

ORAL

Abstract

Elucidating the nature of electronic correlations, intertwined orders, and pairing symmetries in unconventional superconductors is one of the main challenges in modern condensed matter physics. Here we present our group's recent development of two electron coincidence photoemission spectroscopy (2e-ARPES) as a promising platform to probe the properties of finite-momentum pairing states in superconductors, such as the pair center-of-mass momentum as well as the spin state of Cooper pairs. We will specifically detail how we use high harmonic generation (HHG) in a nobel gas medium as a stable, high-flux tabletop source of XUV photons as a probe for 2e-ARPES. We will also discuss how the selection of specific photon energies from the HHG spectrum enables precise detection of correlated electron events from controllable locations in the material band structure.

*This work is supported by the Quantum Sensing and Quantum Materials, an Energy Frontier Research Center, funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES), under award no. DE-SC0021238; and by the EPiQS program of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (grant GBMF11069).

Presenters

  • Henry M Amir

    • University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Authors

  • Henry M Amir

    • University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Jack Zwettler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Farzaneh H Hoveyda

    • University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • UIUC, MRL
  • Nina Bielinski

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Yijing Huang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Sahaj Patel

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai
  • Pranav Mahaadev

    • University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Dipanjan Chaudhuri

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Xuefei Guo

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Tai-Chang Chiang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Peter Abbamonte

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Fahad Mahmood

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign