Abstract
Determining the nature of electronic states in doped Mott insulators remains a challenging task. In the case of tetragonal , the occurrence of diagonal charge and spin stripe order in the ground state is now well established. In contrast, the nature of the high-temperature “disordered” state from which the stripe order develops has long been a subject of controversy, with considerable speculation regarding a polaronic liquid. Following the recent detection of dynamic charge stripes, we use neutron scattering measurements on an crystal to demonstrate that the dispersion of the charge-stripe excitations is anisotropic. This observation provides compelling evidence for the presence of electronic nematic order.
- Received 11 August 2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.177601
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