Interface Superconductivity in Cuprates Defies Fermi-Liquid Description

Radović, Zoran; Vanević, Mihajlo; Wu, Jie; Bollinger, Anthony T.; Božović, Ivan

doi:10.1007/s10948-016-3636-6

Title: Interface Superconductivity in Cuprates Defies Fermi-Liquid Description

Abstract

La_2-xSr_xCuO₄/La₂CuO₄ bilayers show interface superconductivity that originates from accumulation and depletion of mobile charge carriers across the interface. Surprisingly, the doping level can be varied broadly (within the interval 0.15 < x < 0.47) without affecting the transition temperature, which stays essentially constant and equal to that in optimally doped material, T_c ≈ 40 K. Here we argue that this finding implies that doping up to the optimum level does not shift the chemical potential, unlike in ordinary Fermi liquids. Lastly, we discuss possible physical scenarios that can give doping-independent chemical potential in the pseudogap regime: electronic phase separation, formation of charge-density waves, strong Coulomb interactions, or self-trapping of mobile charge carriers.

Authors:

Radović, Zoran ^[1]; Vanević, Mihajlo ^[1]; Wu, Jie ^[2]; Bollinger, Anthony T. ^[2]; Božović, Ivan ^[3]

Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Dept. of Physics
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division; Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Applied Physics Dept.

Publication Date:: Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1303001

Report Number(s):: BNL-112451-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1557-1939; R&D Project: MA509MACA; KC0203020

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism; Journal ID: ISSN 1557-1939

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; High-temperature superconductors; Interface superconductivity; Chemical potential; Fermi liquid

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                    Radović, Zoran, Vanević, Mihajlo, Wu, Jie, Bollinger, Anthony T., and Božović, Ivan. Interface Superconductivity in Cuprates Defies Fermi-Liquid Description.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Radović, Zoran, Vanević, Mihajlo, Wu, Jie, Bollinger, Anthony T., & Božović, Ivan. Interface Superconductivity in Cuprates Defies Fermi-Liquid Description.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3636-6

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                    Radović, Zoran, Vanević, Mihajlo, Wu, Jie, Bollinger, Anthony T., and Božović, Ivan. Tue .  
"Interface Superconductivity in Cuprates Defies Fermi-Liquid Description".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3636-6.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1303001.

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  abstractNote = {La2-xSrxCuO4/La2CuO4 bilayers show interface superconductivity that originates from accumulation and depletion of mobile charge carriers across the interface. Surprisingly, the doping level can be varied broadly (within the interval 0.15 < x < 0.47) without affecting the transition temperature, which stays essentially constant and equal to that in optimally doped material, Tc ≈ 40 K. Here we argue that this finding implies that doping up to the optimum level does not shift the chemical potential, unlike in ordinary Fermi liquids. Lastly, we discuss possible physical scenarios that can give doping-independent chemical potential in the pseudogap regime: electronic phase separation, formation of charge-density waves, strong Coulomb interactions, or self-trapping of mobile charge carriers.},

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