Charge-screening role of $c$-axis atomic displacements in YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_{6+x}$ and related superconductors

Abstract

The importance of charge reservoir layers for supplying holes to the CuO${}_2$ planes of cuprate superconductors has long been recognized. Less attention has been paid to the screening of the charge transfer by the intervening ionic layers. We address this issue in the case of YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_{6+x}$, where CuO chains supply the holes for the planes. We present a simple dielectric-screening model that gives a linear correlation between the relative displacements of ions along the $c$ axis, determined by neutron powder diffraction, and the hole density of the planes. Applying this model to the temperature dependent shifts of ions along the $c$ axis, we infer a charge transfer of 5-10% of the hole density from the planes to the chains on warming from the superconducting transition to room temperature. Given the significant coupling of $c$-axis displacements to the average charge density, we point out the relevance of local displacements for screening charge modulations and note recent evidence for dynamic screening of in-plane quasiparticles. This line of argument leads us to a simple model for atomic displacements and charge modulation that is consistent with images from scanning-tunneling microscopy for underdoped Bi${}_2$Sr${}_2$CaCu${}_2$O${}_{8+\delta }$.

12 pages, 10 figures; final version, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

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