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Kousuke Ishida

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arXiv2026

Extended strange metal regime in a pure nematic quantum critical superconductor

High-temperature superconductivity often emerges from a strange metallic state, where the electrical resistivity exhibits a linear-in-temperature dependence over an anomalously extended temperature range. The prevailing belief is that magnetic critical fluctuations gives rise to strange metallicity, enhancing the superconducting transition temperature. Here, using high pulsed magnetic fields, we have uncovered the strange metallic ground state hidden below the superconducting dome of nonmagnetic FeSe$_{1-x}$Te$_{x}$, which harbors a quantum critical point (QCP) of pure electronic nematicity, characterized by spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking. Unlike the conventional quantum criticality, this strange metallic state does not appear in a fan-shaped region above the singular QCP but spans a wide compositional range, where pairing interactions are strengthened by nonmagnetic nematic critical fluctuations. This stands in sharp contrast to the much cleaner system FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_{x}$, which displays a quantum critical fan above nematic QCP, indicating that disorder-induced spatial randomness of the nematic fluctuations likely enlarges the QCP of FeSe$_{1-x}$Te$_{x}$ into an extended region of criticality, as suggested by relevant hybrid Quantum Monte Carlo simulations. These observations highlight superconductivity promoted by a unique interplay between pure nematic critical fluctuations, strange metallicity and disorder, providing new insight into the emergence of non-Fermi-liquid transport in various correlated materials.

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arXiv2026

Uniaxial-Stress-Induced Magnetic Transitions in the Triangular-Lattice Antiferromagnet PdCrO2

Uniaxial stress is a promising method to tune magnetic frustration, allowing its effects to be studied in a precise way. In this work, uniaxial stress is applied to the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet PdCrO2. The Cr-Cr magnetic interaction is very sensitive to interatomic separation, so laboratory-achievable stress can induce substantial changes in magnetic structure. Results from three types of measurement are presented: X-ray diffraction, the stress-strain relationship, and neutron diffraction. The combined data show that the elastic moduli of PdCrO2 are strongly affected by stress-induced changes in magnetic structure. A new, first-order stress-induced magnetic transition is observed, at which the lattice constant shrinks by 0.21%. The lattice stiffens dramatically across this transition: the Young's modulus increases by about 80 GPa, and the Poisson ratio falls from about 1 to about 0.4. This stiffening indicates that the magnetic order "locks," that is, becomes insensitive to lattice strain. This locking might occur because the new stress-induced magnetic order nests the Fermi surface of the Pd sheets. Other frustrated magnets, including candidate spin liquids, may show similarly strong coupling between magnetic and elastic degrees of freedom.

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arXiv2025

Systematic evolution of superconducting pairing strength and Seebeck coefficients in correlated infinite-layer La$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$NiO$_2$

The recently discovered superconducting infinite-layer nickelates offer a novel platform to explore an exotic pairing mechanism in multi-band systems towards high-temperature superconductivity and associated rich quantum phases, contrasting with cuprates. Here, we show that infinite-layer (La,Sr)NiO$_2$ exhibits strong-coupling superconductivity, resilient to in-plane magnetic fields exceeding 47 T at optimal doping - more than twice the Pauli limit for conventional BCS superconductors. This violation becomes pronounced towards the underdoped regime, implying an intriguing evolution of pairing glue. The unexpected observation of positive Seebeck coefficients in this regime indicates the presence of nontrivial electron correlations. Furthermore, our comprehensive investigation across the superconducting dome reveals that the evolution of (thermo)electric normal-state properties - specifically, the sign changes of the Hall and Seebeck coefficients - coincide with the evolution of superconducting anisotropy and pairing strength. This demonstrates a definitive link between electron correlations and strong-coupling superconductivity in (La,Sr)NiO$_2$, contributing to a unified framework for understanding unconventional superconductivity.

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arXiv2024

Coherence Length of Electronic Nematicity in Iron-Based Superconductors

Recent developments in laser-excited photoemission electron microscopy (laser-PEEM) advance the visualization of electronic nematicity and nematic domain structures in iron-based superconductors. In FeSe and BaFe$_2$(As$_{0.87}$P$_{0.13}$)$_2$ superconductors, it has been reported that the thickness of the electronic nematic domain walls is unexpectedly long, leading to the formation of mesoscopic nematicity wave [T. Shimojima $\textit{et al.}$, Science $\textbf{373}$ (2021) 1122]. This finding demonstrates that the nematic coherence length $\xi_{\rm nem}$ can be decoupled from the lattice domain wall. Here, we report that the electronic domain wall thickness shows a distinct variation in related materials: it is similarly long in FeSe$_{0.9}$S$_{0.1}$ whereas it is much shorter in undoped BaFe$_2$As$_2$. We find a correlation between the thick domain walls and the non-Fermi liquid properties of normal-state resistivity above the nematic transition temperature. This suggests that the nematic coherence length can be enhanced by underlying spin-orbital fluctuations responsible for the anomalous transport properties.

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arXiv2023

Using strain to uncover the interplay between two- and three-dimensional charge density waves in high-temperature superconducting YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{\rm{y}}$

Uniaxial pressure provides an efficient approach to control the competition between charge density waves (CDWs) and superconductivity in underdoped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{\rm{y}}$. It can enhance the correlation volume of ubiquitous short-range 2D CDW correlations, and induces a long-range 3D CDW otherwise only accessible at large magnetic fields. Here, we use x-ray diffraction to study the strain and doping evolution of these CDWs. No signatures of discommensurations nor pair density waves are observed in the investigated strain-temperature parameter space, but direct evidence for a form of competition between 2D and 3D CDWs is uncovered. We show that the interplay between the 3D CDW, the 2D CDWs and superconductivity is qualitatively well described by including strain effects in simulations of a nonlinear sigma model of competing superconducting and CDW orders. From a broader perspective, our results underscore the potential of strain tuning as a powerful tool for probing and manipulating competing orders in quantum materials.

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arXiv2023

Giant lattice softening at a Lifshitz transition in Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$

The interplay of electronic and structural degrees of freedom in solids is a topic of intense research. Experience and intuition suggest that structural changes drive conduction electron behavior, because the large number of valence electrons dominate the structural properties. As part of a seminal paper written over sixty years ago, Lifshitz discussed an alternative possibility: lattice softening driven by conduction electrons at topological Fermi surface transitions. The effect he predicted, however, was small, and has not been convincingly observed. Using measurements of the stress-strain relationship in the ultra-clean metal Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$, we reveal a huge softening of the Young's modulus at a Lifshitz transition of a two-dimensional Fermi surface, and show that it is indeed entirely driven by the conduction electrons of the relevant energy band.

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arXiv2023

$μ$SR measurements on Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ under $\langle 110 \rangle$ uniaxial stress

Muon spin rotation/relaxation ($μ$SR) and polar Kerr effect measurements provide evidence for a time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) superconducting state in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$. However, the absence of a cusp in the superconducting transition temperature ($T_{\rm c}$) vs. stress and the absence of a resolvable specific heat anomaly at TRSB transition temperature ($T_{\rm TRSB}$) under uniaxial stress challenge a hypothesis of TRSB superconductivity. Recent $μ$SR studies under pressure and with disorder indicate that the splitting between $T_{\rm c}$ and $T_{\rm TRSB}$ occurs only when the structural tetragonal symmetry is broken. To further test such behavior, we measured $T_\text{c}$ through susceptibility measurements, and $T_\text{TRSB}$ through $μ$SR, under uniaxial stress applied along a $\langle 110 \rangle$ lattice direction. We have obtained preliminary evidence for suppression of $T_\text{TRSB}$ below $T_\text{c}$, at a rate much higher than the suppression rate of $T_\text{c}$.

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arXiv2022

Charge Transport in Ba$_{1-x}$Rb$_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Single Crystals

Recent studies in heavily hole-doped iron-based superconductor RbFe$_2$As$_2$ have suggested the emergence of novel electronic nematicity directed along the Fe-As direction, 45$^\circ$ rotated from the usual nematicity ubiquitously found in BaFe$_2$As$_2$ and related materials. This motivates us to study the physical properties of Ba$_{1-x}$Rb$_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$, details of which remain largely unexplored. Here we report on the normal-state charge transport in Ba$_{1-x}$Rb$_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ superconductors by using high-quality single crystals in the range of Rb concentration $0.14\le x \le 1.00$. From the systematic measurements of the temperature dependence of electrical resistivity $ρ(T)$, we find a signature of a deviation from the Fermi liquid behavior around the optimal composition, which does not seem related to the antiferromagnetic quantum criticality but has a potential link to hidden nematic quantum criticality. In addition, electron correlations derived from the coefficient of $T^2$ resistivity show a marked increase with Rb content near the heavily hole-doped end, consistent with the putative Mott physics near the $3d^5$ electron configuration in iron-based superconductors.

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arXiv2020

Dichotomy Between Orbital and Magnetic Nematic Instabilities in BaFe2S3

Nematic orders emerge nearly universally in iron-based superconductors, but elucidating their origins is challenging because of intimate couplings between orbital and magnetic fluctuations. The iron-based ladder material BaFe2S3, which superconducts under pressure, exhibits antiferromagnetic order below TN ~ 117K and a weak resistivity anomaly at T* ~ 180K, whose nature remains elusive. Here we report angle-resolved magnetoresistance (MR) and elastoresistance (ER) measurements in BaFe2S3, which reveal distinct changes at T*. We find that MR anisotropy and ER nematic response are both suppressed near T*, implying that an orbital order promoting isotropic electronic states is stabilized at T*. Such an isotropic state below T* competes with the antiferromagnetic order, which is evidenced by the nonmonotonic temperature dependence of nematic fluctuations. In contrast to the cooperative nematic orders in spin and orbital channels in iron pnictides, the present competing orders can provide a new platform to identify the separate roles of orbital and magnetic fluctuations.

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