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

Journal Article · Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3636-6· OSTI ID:1303001

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.

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.

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

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

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OSTI ID:: 1303001

Report Number(s):: BNL-112451-2016-JA; R&D Project: MA509MACA; KC0203020

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

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