Elucidating the driving force of superconductivity increase in compressed optimally doped Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$CaCu$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{8+x}}$

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Abstract

An optimally doped cuprate Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$CaCu$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{8+x\thinspace }}$is as a perfect model system to explore the mechanism of superconductivity by applying pressure as one can avoid complicated competing orders in the underdoped regime and explore pure intrinsic effects rather than secondary effects related to change in the carrier concentration. Here, by carefully examining the collected high-pressure Raman spectra at low temperatures, we have observed an enhanced two-magnon mode and connected this to the observed 10 K increase in $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ (reaching more than 100 K for the first time) in the optimally doped Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$CaCu$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{8+x\thinspace }}$upon compression clearly delineating the effect of pressure-induced charge transfer that must suppress $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ for this optimally doped sample. Our finely designed experiments offer the direct and convincing evidence for identifying the magnetic fluctuations as the pairing interaction in cuprate superconductors.

Authors

  • Xiao-Jia Chen

    Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, 201203, China, Shanghai Laboratory of High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China, Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research (HPStar), Shanghai, China

  • Viktor Struzhkin

    Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, U.S.A., Carnegie Inst of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015

  • Jian-Bo Zhang

    Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China

  • Alexander Gavriliuk

    Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119333, Russia

  • Alexander Goncharov

    Carnegie Inst of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015

  • Ho-kwang Mao

    Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015

  • Hai-Qing Lin

    Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100089, China, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100084, China

  • G. D. Gu

    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven Natl Lab, Brookhaven national laboratory, Brookhaven National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY 11973, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, New York 11973, USA