銅酸化物の超伝導体における自発的な回転対称性の破損
J Wu1, A T Bollinger1, X He1,2
1Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA.
Nature
|July 28, 2017
まとめ
研究者は La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ フィルムに自発的な横断電圧を発見し,予期せぬ平面内電子アニソトロピーを明らかにしました. この電子ネマティック性は結晶の対称性を破り,高温超伝導性に関連しています.
科学分野:
- 凝縮物質物理学
- 材料科学
- 超伝導性
背景:
- 銅酸化物における高温超伝導性の起源は未だに議論されている.
- 臨界温度以上の正常状態は,ドーピング不足の材料における偽ギャップのような異常な特徴を示し,ドーピング過剰の材料におけるバーディン-クーパー-シュリーファー理論から逸脱する.
研究 の 目的:
- 銅酸化物の異常状態を調査する.
- 単一結晶のLa$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$Cu$_{4}$の電子輸送特性を理解する.
主な方法:
- 単一結晶のLa$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$フィルムを 電気流で研究した
- 電流に直角な自発的横断電圧を測定した.
- 電流,温度,方向,ドーピングによる電圧依存を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 電流,温度,ドーピング,および平面内向きに依存する自発的な横断電圧を観測した.
- 電流の方向が回転すると,四重対称性を破ると,横断電圧は sin ((2φ) として振動する.
- 電子ネマティック性と呼ばれるこのアニソトロピーは,臨界温度近くでピークに達し,ドーピングで減少します.
結論:
- 観測された現象は,電子輸送における予期せぬ平面内アニソトロピーの内在的な表れである.
- 電子ネマティシティは,エピタキシア的に制約された四角膜にさえ存在します.
- このアニソトロピーは本質的に電子であり,高温超伝導と関連している可能性があります.
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