The phenomenological view at the two-component physics of cuprates
G. B. Teitel'baum
E.K. Zavoiskii Institute for Technical Physics of the RAS, 420029 Kazan, Russia
Abstract
In the search for mechanisms of High-Tc
superconductivity it is critical to know the
electronic spectrum in the pseudogap phase from which superconductivity
evolves. The lack of ARPES data for every cuprate family precludes an
agreement as to its structure, doping and temperature dependence and the
role of charge ordering. No approach has been developed yet to address
the issue theoretically, and we limit ourselves by the phenomenological
analysis of the experimental data. We argue that, in the
Fermi-liquid-like regime ubiquitous in underdoped cuprates, the spectrum
consists of holes on the Fermi arcs and an electronic pocket in contrast
to the idea of the Fermi surface reconstruction via charge ordering. At
high temperatures the electrons are dragged by holes while at lower
temperatures they get decoupled. The longstanding issue of the origin of
the negative Hall coefficient in YBCO and Hg1201 at low temperature is
resolved: the electronic contribution prevails as its mobility becomes
temperature independent, while the mobility of holes, scattered by the
short-wavelength charge density waves, decreases.