Superfluidity and Vortex Dynamics in Cuprate Superconductors
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Explore the behavior of superfluids and vortices in high-temperature superconductors such as cuprates, studying phenomena like pair amplitudes, phase fluctuations, and supercurrents. Relevant research articles detail findings on superflow, Bosonic neutral and Fermionic charged superfluids.
Superfluidity and Vortex Dynamics in Cuprate Superconductors
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superflow 4He Ns – Ss Cuprates Nc – PG – Sc Ns Nc T (K) PG Ss Sc Pressure (bar) Doping (h per CuO2)
T (K) T No supercurrent Strong phase fluct’s Cuprates (Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8) Nc – PG – Sc Y. Wang, L. Li and N.P. Ong Phys. Rev. B, 73, 024510 (2006) V 0 PG (above Tc): Vortex liquid Nernst signal -B Strong pair amplitude T (K)
T (K) B Cuprates (Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8) Nc – PG – Sc Vortex liquid L. Li, Y. Wang, M.J. Naughton, S. Ono,Y. Ando and N.P. Ong, Europhys. Lett.,72, 451 (2005) Nonlinear susceptibility Incompressible Vortex liquid
K 4He Ns – Ss T (K) • O. Penrose and L. Onsager, Phys. Rev. 104, 576 - 584 (1956): • “…one would not expect B.E. condensation in a solid …” • A.F. Andreev and I.M. Lifshitz Sov.Phys.JETP 29,1107–1113 (1969): • “Quantum theory of defects in crystals” • G. V. Chester, Phys. Rev. A 2, 256 - 258 (1970): • “…interacting bosons … exhibit both crystalline order and B.E. condensation…” • “…if there are vacancies…then a condensate exists…” • J. Leggett, Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 1543 - 1546 (1970): • ”Nonclassical Rotational Inertia” A,w
A K 4He Ns – Ss T (K) E. Kim and M.H.W. Chan, Nature 427, 225 (2004) Nonlinear susceptibility No direct observation of superflow A,w
T (K) A B Cuprates Nc – PG – Sc 4He Ns–”PG”–Ss Ns “PG” SS Nonlinear cw No supercurrents found Nonlinear cB No supercurrents PG – Incompressible Vortex Liquid Strong pair amplitude + Strong phase fluctuations
Bosonic PG = Vortex liquid 4He Cuprates Bosonic Neutral Fermionic Charged Fermionic PG superflow The end