在超导基酸 Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2膜中发生旋转对称性破坏
Haoran Ji1, Yi Liu2,3, Yanan Li1,4
1International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Nature communications
|November 7, 2023
概括
无限层尼基酸盐在磁场下的磁阻中表现出一个破坏对称性的过渡. 在低温下出现新的奇特电子相,揭示了这些超导体中复杂的量子状态.
科学领域:
- 凝聚物质物理学 凝聚物质物理学
- 超导性研究研究超导性.
- 材料科学是一种材料科学.
背景情况:
- 无限层尼基酸盐在结构上与高Tc酸盐超导体相似.
- 它们是用于非传统超导的有希望的系统.
- 尼基酸盐的超导配对对称和相位图仍然在很大程度上未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究无限层基酸膜中运输性质的角依赖.
- 探索超导与其他量子状态之间的相互作用.
- 揭示量子态的演变及其对称性在酸超导体中的情况.
主要方法:
- 对于无限层尼基酸盐 (Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2) 超导膜,利用了康比诺盘的几何结构.
- 测量了磁阻的亚齐木图角依赖性 (R ((φ)).
- 在不同的磁场和温度下分析了运输特性的旋转对称性.
主要成果:
- 观察到磁阻力在磁场增加时从同位素到四倍 (C4) 对称的过渡,表明了破坏对称的相位过渡.
- 在低温和高磁场下检测到在R (φ) 中的双重 (C2) 对称元件.
- 发现了温度依赖的临界场的异常上升,表明了异国情调的电子相的出现.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了尼基酸超导体中具有明显旋转对称性的量子状态的演化.
- 确定了由磁场驱动的破坏对称性的相位过渡.
- 提供了对无限层酸盐复杂的全球相位图的关键见解.
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