Coherent organization of electronic correlations as a mechanism to enhance and stabilize high-T <sub>C</sub> cuprate superconductivity.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-02422-2 and PMC identifier 5750216.
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Abstract
Strong diffusive or incoherent electronic correlations are the signature of the strange-metal normal state of the cuprate superconductors, with these correlations considered to be undressed or removed in the superconducting state. A critical question is if these correlations are responsible for the high-temperature superconductivity. Here, utilizing a development in the analysis of angle-resolved photoemission data, we show that the strange-metal correlations don't simply disappear in the superconducting state, but are instead converted into a strongly renormalized coherent state, with stronger normal state correlations leading to stronger superconducting state renormalization. This conversion begins well above T <sub>C</sub> at the onset of superconducting fluctuations and it greatly increases the number of states that can pair. Therefore, there is positive feedback--the superconductive pairing creates the conversion that in turn strengthens the pairing. Although such positive feedback should enhance a conventional pairing mechanism, it could potentially also sustain an electronic pairing mechanism.