Strain-Induced Enhancement of the Electron Energy Relaxation in Strongly Correlated Superconductors

Strain-Induced Enhancement of the Electron Energy Relaxation in Strongly Correlated Superconductors. Gadermaier, C., Kabanov, V. . V., Alexandrov, A. . S., Stojchevska, L., Mertelj, T., Manzoni, C., Cerullo, G., Zhigadlo, N. . D., Karpinski, J., Cai, Y. . Q., Yao, X., Toda, Y., Oda, M., Sugai, S., & Mihailovic, D. Physical Review X, March, 2014.

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We use femtosecond optical spectroscopy to systematically measure the primary energy relaxation rate k1 of photoexcited carriers in cuprate and pnictide superconductors. We find that k1 increases monotonically with increased negative strain in the crystallographic a-axis. Generally, the Bardeen-Shockley deformation potential theorem and, specifically, pressure-induced Raman shifts reported in the literature suggest that increased negative strain enhances electron-phonon coupling, which implies that the observed direct correspondence between a and k1 is consistent with the canonical assignment of k1 to the electron-phonon interaction. The well-known non-monotonic dependence of the superconducting critical temperature Tc on the a-axis strain is also reflected in a systematic dependence Tc on k1, with a distinct maximum at intermediate values (∼16 ps-1 at room temperature). The empirical non-monotonic systematic variation of Tc with the strength of the electron-phonon interaction provides us with unique insight into the role of electron-phonon interaction in relation to the mechanism of high-Tc superconductivity as a crossover phenomenon.

@article{gadermaier_strain-induced_2014,
	title = {Strain-{Induced} {Enhancement} of the {Electron} {Energy} {Relaxation} in {Strongly} {Correlated} {Superconductors}},
	volume = {4},
	issn = {2160-3308},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.4.011056},
	doi = {10.1103/physrevx.4.011056},
	abstract = {We use femtosecond optical spectroscopy to systematically measure the primary energy relaxation rate k1 of photoexcited carriers in cuprate and pnictide superconductors. We find that k1 increases monotonically with increased negative strain in the crystallographic a-axis. Generally, the Bardeen-Shockley deformation potential theorem and, specifically, pressure-induced Raman shifts reported in the literature suggest that increased negative strain enhances electron-phonon coupling, which implies that the observed direct correspondence between a and k1 is consistent with the canonical assignment of k1 to the electron-phonon interaction. The well-known non-monotonic dependence of the superconducting critical temperature Tc on the a-axis strain is also reflected in a systematic dependence Tc on k1, with a distinct maximum at intermediate values (∼16 ps-1 at room temperature). The empirical non-monotonic systematic variation of Tc with the strength of the electron-phonon interaction provides us with unique insight into the role of electron-phonon interaction in relation to the mechanism of high-Tc superconductivity as a crossover phenomenon.},
	number = {1},
	journal = {Physical Review X},
	author = {Gadermaier, C. and Kabanov, V. . V. and Alexandrov, A. . S. and Stojchevska, L. and Mertelj, T. and Manzoni, C. and Cerullo, G. and Zhigadlo, N. . D. and Karpinski, J. and Cai, Y. . Q. and Yao, X. and Toda, Y. and Oda, M. and Sugai, S. and Mihailovic, D.},
	month = mar,
	year = {2014}
}

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