Scale-invariant magnetoresistance in a cuprate superconductor
Abstract
The anomalous metallic state in high-temperature superconducting cuprates is masked by the onset of superconductivity near a quantum critical point. Use of high magnetic elds to suppress superconductivity has enabled a detailed study of the ground state in these systems. Yet, the direct effect of strong magnetic fields on the metallic behavior at low temperatures is poorly understood, especially near critical doping, x = 0.19. Here we report a high-field magnetoresistance study of thin lms of La2-xSrxCuO4 cuprates in close vicinity to critical doping, 0.161 ≤ x ≤ 0.190. We find that the metallic state exposed by suppressing superconductivity is characterized by a magnetoresistance that is linear in magnetic field up to the highest measured elds of 80T. The slope of the linear-in- eld resistivity is temperature-independent at very high fields. It mirrors the magnitude and doping evolution of the linear-in-temperature resistivity that has been ascribed to Planckian dissipation near a quantum critical point. This establishes true scale-invariant conductivity as the signature of the strange metal state in high-temperature superconducting cuprates.
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1464326
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1431455
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-203463-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075; /sci/361/6401/479.atom
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- BES Science at 100T; SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Science Journal Volume: 361 Journal Issue: 6401; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Giraldo-Gallo, P., Galvis, J. A., Stegen, Z., Modic, K. A., Balakirev, F. F., Betts, J. B., Lian, X., Moir, C., Riggs, S. C., Wu, J., Bollinger, A. T., He, X., Božović, I., Ramshaw, B. J., McDonald, R. D., Boebinger, G. S., and Shekhter, A. Scale-invariant magnetoresistance in a cuprate superconductor. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.aan3178.
Giraldo-Gallo, P., Galvis, J. A., Stegen, Z., Modic, K. A., Balakirev, F. F., Betts, J. B., Lian, X., Moir, C., Riggs, S. C., Wu, J., Bollinger, A. T., He, X., Božović, I., Ramshaw, B. J., McDonald, R. D., Boebinger, G. S., & Shekhter, A. Scale-invariant magnetoresistance in a cuprate superconductor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan3178
Giraldo-Gallo, P., Galvis, J. A., Stegen, Z., Modic, K. A., Balakirev, F. F., Betts, J. B., Lian, X., Moir, C., Riggs, S. C., Wu, J., Bollinger, A. T., He, X., Božović, I., Ramshaw, B. J., McDonald, R. D., Boebinger, G. S., and Shekhter, A. Thu .
"Scale-invariant magnetoresistance in a cuprate superconductor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan3178.
@article{osti_1464326,
title = {Scale-invariant magnetoresistance in a cuprate superconductor},
author = {Giraldo-Gallo, P. and Galvis, J. A. and Stegen, Z. and Modic, K. A. and Balakirev, F. F. and Betts, J. B. and Lian, X. and Moir, C. and Riggs, S. C. and Wu, J. and Bollinger, A. T. and He, X. and Božović, I. and Ramshaw, B. J. and McDonald, R. D. and Boebinger, G. S. and Shekhter, A.},
abstractNote = {The anomalous metallic state in high-temperature superconducting cuprates is masked by the onset of superconductivity near a quantum critical point. Use of high magnetic elds to suppress superconductivity has enabled a detailed study of the ground state in these systems. Yet, the direct effect of strong magnetic fields on the metallic behavior at low temperatures is poorly understood, especially near critical doping, x = 0.19. Here we report a high-field magnetoresistance study of thin lms of La2-xSrxCuO4 cuprates in close vicinity to critical doping, 0.161 ≤ x ≤ 0.190. We find that the metallic state exposed by suppressing superconductivity is characterized by a magnetoresistance that is linear in magnetic field up to the highest measured elds of 80T. The slope of the linear-in- eld resistivity is temperature-independent at very high fields. It mirrors the magnitude and doping evolution of the linear-in-temperature resistivity that has been ascribed to Planckian dissipation near a quantum critical point. This establishes true scale-invariant conductivity as the signature of the strange metal state in high-temperature superconducting cuprates.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aan3178},
journal = {Science},
number = 6401,
volume = 361,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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