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Yuzki Oey

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Effective Ionic Valence and Local Magnetic Moment in Kagome Superconductors

In order to understand the unexpected similarity and the correlated behavior in kagome superconductor families AV$_3$Sb$_5$ (A = K, Rb, Cs) and ATi$_3$Bi$_5$ (A = Rb, Cs), we investigate the Hartree-scale local electronic structure of these systems. Our result indicates that V and Ti ions are both of 2+ valence such that the corresponding itinerant carrier densities are similar, and the difference in electron count is instead reflected in their quantum fluctuating ionic magnetic moments. However, due to the frustrated lattice geometry of these materials, such local moments are difficult to experimentally observe via standard probes. For verification, we systematically introduce nonmagnetic Sn impurities to locally relieve the geometric frustration and experimentally demonstrate the existence of well-defined local magnetic moments via magnetic susceptibility and muon spin rotation or relaxation ($μ$SR) measurements. All experiments discover a systematic increase of magnetic susceptibility upon increasing nonmagnetic impurity level. Our discovered ionic moments suggest a paradigm shift from the existing itinerant carrier-only picture to one incorporating strong correlation from local ionic spins. The associated interatomic and local-itinerant correlations offer a solid ground for the emergence of the observed rich correlated behavior in this new family of superconducting materials.

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Unidirectional coherent quasiparticles in the high-temperature rotational symmetry broken phase of AV3Sb5 kagome superconductors

Kagome metals AV3Sb5 (where the A can stand for K, Cs, or Rb) display a rich phase diagram of correlated electron states, including superconductivity and density waves. Within this landscape, recent experiments revealed signs of a transition below approximately 35 K attributed to an electronic nematic phase that spontaneously breaks rotational symmetry of the lattice. Here, we show that rotational symmetry breaking initiates universally at a high temperature in these materials, toward the 2 x 2 charge density wave transition temperature. We do this via spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscopy and study atomic-scale signatures of electronic symmetry breaking across several materials in the AV3Sb5 family: CsV3Sb5, KV3Sb5 and Sn-doped CsV3Sb5. Below a significantly lower temperature of about 30 K, we measure quantum interference of quasiparticles, a key signature for the formation of a coherent electronic state. These quasiparticles display a pronounced unidirectional feature in reciprocal space that strengthens as the superconducting state is approached. Our experiments reveal that high-temperature rotation symmetry breaking and the charge ordering states are separated from the superconducting ground state by an intermediate-temperature regime with coherent unidirectional quasiparticles. This picture is phenomenologically different compared to that in high-temperature superconductors, shedding light on the complex nature of rotation symmetry breaking in AV3Sb5 kagome superconductors.

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Small Fermi pockets intertwined with charge stripes and pair density wave order in a kagome superconductor

The kagome superconductor family AV3Sb5 (A=Cs, K, Rb) emerged as an exciting platform to study exotic Fermi surface instabilities. Here we use spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscopy (SI-STM) and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) to reveal how the surprising cascade of higher and lower-dimensional density waves in CsV3Sb5 is intimately tied to a set of small reconstructed Fermi pockets. ARPES measurements visualize the formation of these pockets generated by a 3D charge density wave transition. The pockets are connected by dispersive q* wave vectors observed in Fourier transforms of STM differential conductance maps. As the additional 1D charge order emerges at a lower temperature, q* wave vectors become substantially renormalized, signaling further reconstruction of the Fermi pockets. Remarkably, in the superconducting state, the superconducting gap modulations give rise to an in-plane Cooper pair-density-wave at the same q* wave vectors. Our work demonstrates the intrinsic origin of the charge-stripes and the pair-density-wave in CsV3Sb5 and their relationship to the Fermi pockets. These experiments uncover a unique scenario of how Fermi pockets generated by a parent charge density wave state can provide a favorable platform for the emergence of additional density waves.

cond-mat.supr-con

Charge order landscape and competition with superconductivity in kagome metals

In kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs), three-dimensional charge order (3D-CO) is the primary instability that sets the stage for other collective orders to emerge, including unidirectional stripe order, orbital flux order, electronic nematicity, and superconductivity. Here, we use high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to determine the microscopic structure of three-dimensional charge order (3D-CO) in AV3Sb5 and its interplay with superconductivity. Our approach is based on identifying an unusual splitting of kagome bands induced by 3D-CO, which provides a sensitive way to refine the spatial charge patterns in neighboring kagome planes. We found a marked dependence of the 3D-CO structure on composition and doping. The observed difference between CsV3Sb5 and the other compounds potentially underpins the double-dome superconductivity in CsV3(Sb,Sn)5 and the suppression of Tc in KV3Sb5 and RbV3Sb5. Our results provide fresh insights into the rich phase diagram of AV3Sb5.

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