Metallic charge stripes in cuprates

TL;DR

This paper reviews evidence for dynamic metallic charge stripes in cuprates, discussing their pinning mechanisms and compatibility with superconducting properties, highlighting their role in high-temperature superconductivity.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of experimental evidence for dynamic charge stripes and analyzes their implications for the electronic properties of cuprates.

Findings

Dynamic charge stripes are compatible with nodal quasiparticles.

Pinning mechanisms influence charge density within stripes.

Experimental evidence supports the existence of metallic stripes in cuprates.

Abstract

Some recent evidence for the existence of dynamic, metallic stripes in the 214-family of cuprates is reviewed. The mechanism of stripe pinning is considered, and changes in the charge density within stripes between the pinned and dynamic phases is discussed. From a purely experimental perspective, dynamic charge stripes are fully compatible with nodal ``quasiparticles'' and other electronic properties common to all superconducting cuprates.