Coupling between quasiparticles and a bosonic mode in the normal state of HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+\delta}$

TL;DR

This study investigates how quasiparticles in HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+eta}$ interact with a collective bosonic mode in the normal state, revealing a doping-independent energy scale likely due to electron-phonon coupling.

Contribution

It provides the first doping-dependent analysis of quasiparticle-bosonic mode coupling in HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+eta}$ using Electronic Raman Scattering, highlighting a weakly doping-dependent energy scale.

Findings

Identified a doping-independent energy scale in quasiparticle dynamics.

Contrasted the behavior of the collective mode with the superconducting gap.

Supported electron-phonon coupling as the likely origin of the mode.

Abstract

We report a doping dependent study of the quasiparticles dynamics in HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ via Electronic Raman Scattering. A well-defined energy scale is found in the normal state dynamics of the quasiparticles over a broad doping range. It is interpreted as evidence for coupling between the quasiparticles and a collective bosonic mode whose energy scale depend only weakly with doping. We contrast this behavior with that of the superconducting gap whose amplitude near the node continuously decreases towards the underdoped regime. We discuss the implications of our findings on the nature of the collective mode and argue that electron-phonon coupling is the most natural explanation.