Magnetic field dependence of high- Tc interface superconductivity in La1.55Sr0.45CuO4/La2CuO4 heterostructures

Gasparov, V. A.; Drigo, L.; Audouard, A.; He, Xi; Božović, I.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.014507

Title: Magnetic field dependence of high- $T_{c}$ interface superconductivity in $L a_{1.55} S r_{0.45} Cu O_{4} / L a_{2} Cu O_{4}$ heterostructures

Journal Article · 11 July 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.014507 · OSTI ID:1302998

Gasparov, V. A. ^[1]; Drigo, L. ^[2]; Audouard, A. ^[2]; He, Xi ^[3]; Božović, I. ^[4]

Inst. of Solid State Physics (RAS), Chernogolovka (Russian Federation)
National High Magnetic Field Lab. (LNCMI), Toulouse (France)
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Applied Physics Dept.
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Applied Physics Dept.; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Heterostructures made of a layer of a cuprate insulator La₂CuO₄ on the top of a layer of a nonsuperconducting cuprate metal La_1.55Sr_0.45CuO₄ show high-T_c interface superconductivity confined within a single CuO₂ plane. Given this extreme quasi-two-dimensional quantum confinement, it is of interest to find out how interface superconductivity behaves when exposed to an external magnetic field. With this motivation, we have performed contactless tunnel-diode-oscillator-based measurements in pulsed magnetic fields up to 56 T as well as measurements of the complex mutual inductance between a spiral coil and the film in static fields up to 3 T. Remarkably, we observe that interface superconductivity survives up to very high perpendicular fields, in excess of 40 T. Additionally, the critical magnetic field H_m(T) reveals an upward divergence with decreasing temperature, in line with vortex melting as in bulk superconducting cuprates.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); CNRS - Russian Academy of Sciences

OSTI ID:: 1302998

Report Number(s):: BNL--112398-2016-JA; KC0203020

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 94; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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