The percolation limit for stripe correlations in cuprates and the onset of strange-metal behavior

A variety of measurements on La_2-xSr_xCuO₄ and related cuprates can be interpreted consistently in terms spin and charge stripe correlations that percolate across the CuO₂ planes at lower hole concentrations p, but reach a percolation threshold at p ~ 0.19 [1]. Beyond this point, regions with quasiparticles percolate within and between the planes. The impact of scattering from the residual stripe patches likely contributes to the observed strange-metal behavior at p > 0.19 [1]. The data supporting this perspective, and the role of intrinsic disorder, will be discussed.



[1] P.M. Lozano, G.D. Gu, Q. Li, and J.M. Tranquada, arXiv:2307.13740.