Feedback effect on high-energy magnetic fluctuations in the model high-temperature superconductor HgBa2CuO(4+δ) observed by electronic Raman scattering

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Jun 1;108(22):227003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.227003. Epub 2012 May 31.

Abstract

We use electronic Raman scattering to study the model single-layer cuprate superconductor HgBa(2)CuO(4+δ). In an overdoped sample, we observe a pronounced amplitude enhancement of a high-energy peak related to two-magnon excitations in insulating cuprates upon cooling below the critical temperature T(c). This effect is accompanied by the appearance of the superconducting gap and a pairing peak above the gap in the Raman spectrum, and it can be understood as a hitherto-undetected feedback effect on the high-energy magnetic fluctuations due to the Cooper pairing interaction. This implies a direct involvement of the high-energy magnetic fluctuations in the pairing mechanism. All of these effects occur already above T(c) in two underdoped samples, demonstrating a related feedback mechanism associated with the pseudogap.