Large response of charge stripes to uniaxial stress in ${\text{La}}_{1.475}{\text{Nd}}_{0.4}{\text{Sr}}_{0.125}\text{Cu}{\text{O}}_4$

Abstract

The La-based '214' cuprates host several symmetry breaking phases including superconductivity, charge and spin order in the form of stripes, and a structural othorhombic-to-tetragonal phase transition. Therefore, these materials are an ideal system to study the effects of uniaxial stress onto the various correlations that pervade the cuprate phase diagram. We report resonant x-ray scattering experiments on ${\text{La}}_{1.475}{\text{Nd}}_{0.4}{\text{Sr}}_{0.125}\text{Cu}{\text{O}}_4$ (LNSCO-125) that reveal a significant response of charge stripes to uniaxial tensile-stress of $\sim$ 0.1 GPa. These effects include a reduction of the onset temperature of stripes by $\sim$ 50 K, a 29 K reduction of the low-temperature orthorhombic-to-tetragonal transition, competition between charge order and superconductivity, and a preference for stripes to form along the direction of applied stress. Altogether, we observe a dramatic response of the electronic properties of LNSCO-125 to a modest amount of uniaxial stress.

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