Kerr effect as evidence of gyrotropic order in the cuprates

被引：68

作者：

Hosur, Pavan ^{[1
]}

Kapitulnik, A. ^{[1
]}

Kivelson, S. A. ^{[1
]}

Orenstein, J. ^{[2
,3
]}

Raghu, S. ^{[1
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[4] SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2013年 / 87卷 / 11期

关键词：

HIGH-T-C; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR; QUANTUM OSCILLATIONS; PHASE-TRANSITIONS; FERMI-SURFACE; DENSITY WAVE; PSEUDOGAP; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115116

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The Kerr effect can arise in a time-reversal invariant dissipative medium that is "gyrotropic," i.e., one that breaks inversion (I) and all mirror symmetries. Examples of such systems include electron analogs of cholesteric liquid crystals and their descendants, such as systems with chiral charge ordering. We present arguments that the striking Kerr onset seen in the pseudogap phase of a large number of cuprate high-temperature superconductors is an evidence of chiral charge ordering. We discuss additional experimental consequences of a phase transition to a gyrotropic state, including the appearance of a zero-field Nernst effect. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115116

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