Quantum phase transition from superconducting to insulating-like state in a pressurized cuprate superconductor
Abstract
Copper oxide superconductors continue to fascinate the communities of condensed matter physics and material sciences because they host the highest ambient-pressure superconducting transition temperature and unconventional electronic behaviour that are not fully explained. Searching for universal links between the superconducting state and its normal metallic state is believed to be an effective approach to elucidate the underlying mechanism of superconductivity. One of the common expectations for copper oxide superconductors is that a metallic phase will appear after the superconductivity is entirely suppressed by chemical doping or the application of a magnetic field9. Here we report the first observation of a quantum phase transition from a superconducting state to an insulating-like state as a function of pressure in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (Bi2212) superconductors with two CuO2 planes in a unit cell for doping below, at and above a level that achieves the highest transition temperature. We also find the same phenomenon in related compounds with a single CuO2 plane as well as three CuO2 planes in a unit cell. This apparently universal phenomenon poses a challenge for achieving a unified understanding of the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity.
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Songshan Lake Materials Lab., Dongguan (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Max-Planck-Inst. für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart (Germany)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Songshan Lake Materials Lab., Dongguan (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1855090
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-222852-2022-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1745-2473; TRN: US2304982
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 1745-2473
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Superconducting properties and materials
Citation Formats
Zhou, Yazhou, Guo, Jing, Cai, Shu, Zhao, Jinyu, Gu, Genda, Lin, Chengtian, Yan, Hongtao, Huang, Cheng, Yang, Chongli, Long, Sijin, Gong, Yu, Li, Yanchun, Li, Xiaodong, Wu, Qi, Hu, Jiangping, Zhou, Xingjiang, Xiang, Tao, and Sun, Liling. Quantum phase transition from superconducting to insulating-like state in a pressurized cuprate superconductor. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41567-022-01513-2.
Zhou, Yazhou, Guo, Jing, Cai, Shu, Zhao, Jinyu, Gu, Genda, Lin, Chengtian, Yan, Hongtao, Huang, Cheng, Yang, Chongli, Long, Sijin, Gong, Yu, Li, Yanchun, Li, Xiaodong, Wu, Qi, Hu, Jiangping, Zhou, Xingjiang, Xiang, Tao, & Sun, Liling. Quantum phase transition from superconducting to insulating-like state in a pressurized cuprate superconductor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01513-2
Zhou, Yazhou, Guo, Jing, Cai, Shu, Zhao, Jinyu, Gu, Genda, Lin, Chengtian, Yan, Hongtao, Huang, Cheng, Yang, Chongli, Long, Sijin, Gong, Yu, Li, Yanchun, Li, Xiaodong, Wu, Qi, Hu, Jiangping, Zhou, Xingjiang, Xiang, Tao, and Sun, Liling. Thu .
"Quantum phase transition from superconducting to insulating-like state in a pressurized cuprate superconductor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01513-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1855090.
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title = {Quantum phase transition from superconducting to insulating-like state in a pressurized cuprate superconductor},
author = {Zhou, Yazhou and Guo, Jing and Cai, Shu and Zhao, Jinyu and Gu, Genda and Lin, Chengtian and Yan, Hongtao and Huang, Cheng and Yang, Chongli and Long, Sijin and Gong, Yu and Li, Yanchun and Li, Xiaodong and Wu, Qi and Hu, Jiangping and Zhou, Xingjiang and Xiang, Tao and Sun, Liling},
abstractNote = {Copper oxide superconductors continue to fascinate the communities of condensed matter physics and material sciences because they host the highest ambient-pressure superconducting transition temperature and unconventional electronic behaviour that are not fully explained. Searching for universal links between the superconducting state and its normal metallic state is believed to be an effective approach to elucidate the underlying mechanism of superconductivity. One of the common expectations for copper oxide superconductors is that a metallic phase will appear after the superconductivity is entirely suppressed by chemical doping or the application of a magnetic field9. Here we report the first observation of a quantum phase transition from a superconducting state to an insulating-like state as a function of pressure in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (Bi2212) superconductors with two CuO2 planes in a unit cell for doping below, at and above a level that achieves the highest transition temperature. We also find the same phenomenon in related compounds with a single CuO2 plane as well as three CuO2 planes in a unit cell. This apparently universal phenomenon poses a challenge for achieving a unified understanding of the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity.},
doi = {10.1038/s41567-022-01513-2},
journal = {Nature Physics},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Thu Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2022}
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