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Pressure-modulated competition between dual charge density waves in NbSe3

Yongsheng Zhao1,2, Konstantin Glazyrin2, Pablo J. Bereciartua2, Christian Plueckthun2, Satishkumar Kulkarni3, Nana Li1, Limin Yan1,4, Kai Zhang1, Bihan Wang1,2 et al.

Yiming Wang1, Jianbo Zhang1, Nico Giordano2, Helmuth Berger5, Xin Wang6, Sonia Francoual2,*, Wenge Yang1,†, and Moritz Hoesch2,‡

  • *Contact author: sonia.francoual@desy.de
  • †Contact author: yangwg@hpstar.ac.cn
  • ‡Contact author: moritz.hoesch@desy.de
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Phys. Rev. B 113, 195130 – Published 18 May, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/s48z-19pt

Abstract

Controlling collective electronic states through clean and reversible external stimuli is crucial for realizing functional quantum materials. Here, we report a study on temperature (T) and pressure (P)-tuned charge-density-wave (CDW) orders in the quasi-one-dimensional system of NbSe3, through single-crystal x-ray diffraction, and electric and magnetotransport measurements. A refined and extended phase diagram is presented, prompting a reevaluation of earlier claims regarding the coexistence of CDW and superconductivity (SC). Here, SC is found to emerge only once all long-range CDWs are suppressed. Notably, the anomalous Hall and magnetoresistance (MR) effects observed at low pressure (LP∼0.8GPa) may arise from distinct carrier types associated with the two competing CDWs, CDW1 and CDW2. These two coexisting CDWs, characterized by distinct modulation vectors, q1 and q2, show pressure-induced opposing shifts in their b* axis projections (denoted as q1b* and q2b*), while preserving a phase-coupling relationship 2(q1+q2) ∼[111]. Upon gradual suppression of the long range order CDW2 order, q1b* of CDW1 stabilizes and enters a decoupled regime within ∼0.8−1.3 GPa, followed by a pronounced change in its periodicity between ∼1.3 and 2.9 GPa. Above 2.9 GPa, all long-range CDW orders vanish, giving way to emergent superconductivity (SC).

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Phys. Rev. B 113, 195130– Published 18 May, 2026
  • Received 10 November 2025
  • Revised 2 February 2026
  • Accepted 9 April 2026
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