Anomalous enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of electron-doped La2–xCexCuO4 and Pr2–xCexCuO4 cuprate heterostructures

Jin, K.; Bach, P.; Zhang, X. H.; Grupel, U.; Zohar, E.; Diamant, I.; Dagan, Y.; Smadici, S.; Abbamonte, P.; Greene, R. L.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.83.060511

Title: Anomalous enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of electron-doped La_2–xCe_xCuO₄ and Pr_2–xCe_xCuO₄ cuprate heterostructures

Journal Article · Mon Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.83.060511· OSTI ID:1958855

Jin, K. ^[1]; Bach, P. ^[1]; Zhang, X. H. ^[1]; Grupel, U. ^[2]; Zohar, E. ^[2]; Diamant, I. ^[2]; Dagan, Y. ^[2]; Smadici, S. ^[3]; Abbamonte, P. ^[3]; Greene, R. L. ^[1]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel)
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

The superconducting transition temperature Tc of multilayers of electron-doped cuprates, composed of underdoped (or undoped) and overdoped La_2–xCe_xCuO₄ (LCCO) and Pr_2–xCe_xCuO₄ (PCCO) thin films, is found to increase significantly with respect to the T_c of the corresponding single-phase films. Herein, by investigating the critical current density of superlattices with different doping levels and layer thicknesses, we find that the T_c enhancement is caused by a redistribution of charge over an anomalously large distance.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); National Science Foundation (NSF); U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER46285; AC02-98CH10886; FA9550-09-1-0603; DMR-0653535; 2006385

OSTI ID:: 1958855

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1099940

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 6; ISSN 1098-0121

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Language:: English

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