scholarly journals Hole pocket–driven superconductivity and its universal features in the electron-doped cuprates

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. eaap7349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangmu Li ◽  
W. Tabis ◽  
Y. Tang ◽  
G. Yu ◽  
J. Jaroszynski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Normal State ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Upper Critical Field ◽  
Superfluid Density ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Quantum Oscillations ◽  
Hole Pocket

After three decades of intensive research attention, the emergence of superconductivity in cuprates remains an unsolved puzzle. One major challenge has been to arrive at a satisfactory understanding of the unusual metallic “normal state” from which the superconducting state emerges upon cooling. A second challenge has been to achieve a unified understanding of hole- and electron-doped compounds. Here, we report detailed magnetoresistance measurements for the archetypal electron-doped cuprate Nd2−xCexCuO4+δthat, in combination with previous data, provide crucial links between the normal and superconducting states and between the electron- and hole-doped parts of the phase diagram. The characteristics of the normal state (magnetoresistance, quantum oscillations, and Hall coefficient) and those of the superconducting state (superfluid density and upper critical field) consistently indicate two-band (electron and hole) features and point to hole pocket–driven superconductivity in these nominally electron-doped materials. We show that the approximate Uemura scaling between the superconducting transition temperature and the superfluid density found for hole-doped cuprates also holds for the small hole component of the superfluid density in electron-doped cuprates.

Superconducting and Normal State Properties of Organic Metals β- (Bedt-Ttf)2X

1989 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tokumoto ◽  
N. Kinoshita ◽  
K. Murata ◽  
H. Bando ◽  
H. Anzai
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Normal State ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Coherence Length ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Organic Metals ◽  
Normal State Properties

ABSTRACTRecent progress on the superconducting and normal state properties characteristic to the organic metals β-(BEDT-TTF)2X are presented. Out of a systematic study on the β-(BEDT-TTF)2X salts, including β-(BEDT-TTF)2 trihalide mixed crystals, with the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) varying from 8 K to below 1 K, empirical rules for various factors governing the Tc in this class of organic metals have been extracted. In addition to the low- and high-Tc states, with Tc=l K and 8 K, respectively, a new superconducting state with Tc=2 K was found in α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3. A particular attention is paid for the correlation between Tc and resistivity. In addition, a correlation between Tc and the anisotropy of coherence length is also considered.

Far-Infrared Properties of ab plane oriented YBa2Cu3O7-δ

1987 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Bonn ◽  
A. H. O'Reilly ◽  
J. E. Greedan ◽  
C. V. Stager ◽  
T. Timusk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Normal State ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Plasma Frequency ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Phonon Interaction ◽  
Electron Phonon Interaction ◽  
Oriented Samples ◽  
Absolute Reflectance

ABSTRACTPolycrystalline samples of YBa2Cu2O7-δ with a variety of surface treatments show differences in absolute reflectance and width of phonon lines. Samples that are not polished and are measured immediately after annealing have largely grains with the c axis normal to the surface. Such oriented samples show a gap-like depression of conductivity in the far infrared that sets in below the superconducting transition temperature but no true gap. Phonon lines at 195 cm−1 and at 155 cm−1 narrow in the superconducting state, in analogy with the effect of the electron phonon interaction in BCS superconductors. In the normal state the background conductivity is Drude like with a plasma frequency of 0.75 eV and a relaxation rate of 200 cm−1. The extrapolated far-infrared conductivity agrees with the measured dc conductivity.

Electron Irradiation of YBa2Cu3O7 at low Temperatures

1987 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Stritzker ◽  
W. Zander ◽  
F. Dworschak ◽  
U. Poppe ◽  
K. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Electron Irradiation ◽  
Normal State ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Radiation Induced ◽  
State Resistance ◽  
Normal State Resistance

ABSTRACTBulk samples of YBa2Cu3O7−x have been homogenously irradiated with 3 MeV electrons at temperatures below 20 K. Whereas the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, drops dramatically with increasing dose the width of the transition remains unchanged (Δ Tc ≤ 1.5 K). The normal state resistance at 100 K increases substantially during the electron irradiation. Several irreproducible experiments can be interpreted with a radiation induced, unstable increase of Tc.

CRITICAL FIELD AND MAGNETORESISTANCE OF SINGLE CRYSTAL TmNi2B2C

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (29n31) ◽  
pp. 3715-3717 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. NAUGLE ◽  
K. D. D. RATHNAYAKA ◽  
K. CLARK ◽  
P. C. CANFIELD
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Critical Field ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
Magnetic Transition ◽  
Upper Critical Field ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Large Anisotropy ◽  
The Magnetic Field

In-plane resistance as a function of magnitude and direction of the magnetic field and the temperature has been measured for TmNi2B2C from above the superconducting transition temperature at 10.7 K to below the magnetic transition TN=1.5 K. The superconducting upper critical field HC2(T) exhibits a large anisotropy and structure in the vicinity of TN. The magnetoresistance above TC is large and changes sign as the direction of the magnetic field is rotated from in-plane to parallel with the c-axis.

scholarly journals Research Progress on Ni-Based Antiperovskite Compounds

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Tong ◽  
Y. P. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
Spin Fluctuations ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Magnetic Element ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Cubic Structure

The superconductivity in antiperovskite compound MgCNi3was discovered in 2001 following the discovery of the superconducting MgB2. In spite of its lower superconducting transition temperature (8 K) than MgB2(39 K), MgCNi3has attracted considerable attention due to its high content of magnetic element Ni and the cubic structure analogous to the perovskite cuprates. After years of extensive investigations both theoretically and experimentally, however, it is still not clear whether the mechanism for superconductivity is conventional or not. The central issue is if and how the ferromagnetic spin fluctuations contribute to the cooper paring. Recently, the experimental results on the single crystals firstly reported in 2007 trend to indicate a conventionals-wave mechanism. Meanwhile many compounds neighboring to MgCNi3were synthesized and the physical properties were investigated, which enriches the physics of the Ni-based antiperovskite compounds and help understand the superconductivity in MgCNi3. In this paper, we summarize the research progress in these two aspects. Moreover, a universal phase diagram of these compounds is presented, which suggests a phonon-mediated mechanism for the superconductivity, as well as a clue for searching new superconductors with the antiperovskite structure. Finally, a few possible scopes for future research are proposed.

scholarly journals Vortex phase diagram and the normal state of cuprates with charge and spin orders

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. eaay8946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenzhong Shi ◽  
P. G. Baity ◽  
T. Sasagawa ◽  
Dragana Popović
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Normal State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
High Field ◽  
High Temperature Superconductors ◽  
Upper Critical Field ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Zero Field ◽  
Vortex Matter ◽  
Nonlinear Transport

The phase diagram of underdoped cuprates in a magnetic field (H) is key to understanding the anomalous normal state of these high-temperature superconductors. However, the upper critical field (Hc2), the extent of superconducting (SC) phase with vortices, and the role of charge orders at high H remain controversial. Here we study stripe-ordered La-214, i.e., cuprates in which charge orders are most pronounced and zero-field SC transition temperatures Tc0 are lowest. This enables us to explore the vortex phases in a previously inaccessible energy scale window. By combining linear and nonlinear transport techniques sensitive to vortex matter, we determine the T − H phase diagram, directly detect Hc2, and reveal novel properties of the high-field ground state. Our results demonstrate that quantum fluctuations and disorder play a key role as T → 0, while the high-field ground state is likely a metal, not an insulator, due to the presence of stripes.

scholarly journals Paramagnetic Resonance as a Probe of the Spin Gap in Normal State of Superconductor

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Frank J. Owens
Keyword(s):  
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Normal State ◽  
Oxide Superconductors ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Paramagnetic Resonance ◽  
Spin Gap ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Copper Oxide Superconductors ◽  
Electron Paramagnetic

It is shown that electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) can be used to observe the spin gap in copper oxide superconductors. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of the Cu2+ ion in underdoped show a pronounced decrease in intensity in the normal state as the temperature is lowered to 133 K, the superconducting transition temperature of the material. The decrease is attributed to a pairing of the Cu2+   spins to form a spin gap. A spin gap of 0.0533 eV is estimated from the data which is in order of magnitude agreement with values obtained from NMR measurements.

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