J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 90, 113702 (2021) [4 Pages]
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Giant Optical Anisotropy in High Temperature Superconducting Cuprate Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

Kun Zhang1 , Masataka Matsumoto2 , Kenta Nakagawa3,4 , Azusa Matsuda1, Genki Shino5 , Sota Sato6 , Takuji Ikeda7 , and Toru Asahi1,8,9,
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1Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan2Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China3Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (KISTEC), Ebina, Kanagawa 243-0435, Japan4Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan5Department of Biophysics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan6Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan7Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial and Science and Technology, Sendai 983-8551, Japan8Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan9Global Consolidated Research Institute for Science Wisdom, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
Received March 16, 2021; Accepted September 9, 2021; Published October 7, 2021

Transmitted light measurements in ultraviolet and visible light regions have revealed giant optical anisotropy at 298 K in the high-Tc superconducting cuprates Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ crystals with optimal doping. We employed a generalized-high-accuracy universal polarimeter to measure linear birefringence and linear dichroism in ultrathin (001) single crystals of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ. In particular, remarkable anomalies in linear birefringence and linear dichroism were observed at 345 and 330 nm, respectively. These results explicitly suggest that the large optical anisotropy should be carefully considered when discussing the symmetry breaking of this compound, based on the experimental results of optical measurements.

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