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Superconductor-insulator transition in space charge doped one unit cell Bi_2.1Sr_1.9CaCu₂O_8+x.

ABSTRACT: The superconductor-insulator transition in two dimensions is a prototype continuous quantum phase transition at absolute zero, driven by a parameter other than temperature. Here we reveal this transition in one unit-cell Bi_2.1Sr_1.9CaCu₂O_8+x by space charge doping, a field effect electrostatic doping technique. We determine the related critical parameters and develop a reliable way to estimate doping in the nonsuperconducting region, a crucial and central problem in these materials. Finite-size scaling analysis yields a critical doping of 0.057 holes/Cu, a critical resistance of ~6.85 kΩ and a scaling exponent product νz ~ 1.57. These results, together with earlier work in other materials, provide a coherent picture of the superconductor-insulator transition and its bosonic nature in the underdoped regime of emerging superconductivity in high critical temperature superconductors.

SUBMITTER: Wang F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8131387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

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Superconductor-insulator transition in space charge doped one unit cell Bi2.1Sr1.9CaCu2O8+x.

Wang Fang F Biscaras Johan J Erb Andreas A Shukla Abhay A Shukla Abhay A

Nature communications 20210518 1

The superconductor-insulator transition in two dimensions is a prototype continuous quantum phase transition at absolute zero, driven by a parameter other than temperature. Here we reveal this transition in one unit-cell Bi2.1Sr1.9CaCu2O8+x by space charge doping, a field effect electrostatic doping technique. We determine the related critical parameters and develop a reliable way to estimate doping in the nonsuperconducting region, a crucial and centr ...[more]

PMID: 34006876

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