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在纳米级厚度的$a$-轴YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$薄膜中构筑欠掺杂CuO$_2$纳米带

Engineering underdoped CuO$_2$ nanoribbons in nm-thick $a$-axis YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$ films

Riccardo Arpaia, Núria Alcalde-Herraiz, Andrea D'Alessio, Evgeny Stepantsov, Eric Wahlberg, Alexei Kalaboukhov, Thilo Bauch, Floriana Lombardi

AI总结:

本研究通过生长$a$轴取向的欠掺杂YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$薄膜,将CuO$_2$平面限制为单胞厚度纳米带,发现该纳米尺度限制抑制了低掺杂下的正交-四方相变并引发极高电阻各向异性,为探究CuO$_2$平面物理提供了新型系统。

摘要:

在欠掺杂铜氧化物高温超导体中,除了超导性外,各种局域序和对称性破缺态也存在于CuO$_2$平面内。因此,对CuO$_2$平面的限制在改变各种序之间的层级关系及其与超导性的交织中可能发挥基础性作用。在此,我们展示了$a$轴取向YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$薄膜的生长,其覆盖了相图整个欠掺杂区域。在这些样品中,CuO$_2$平面受到薄膜厚度的限制,有效形成了单胞厚度的纳米带。纳米尺度的单向限制增强了薄膜的面内各向异性。通过X射线衍射和电阻随温度变化的测量,我们发现在低掺杂下正交-四方相变被抑制,以及正常态电阻在$b$-$c$平面内具有极高的各向异性,后者与相邻CuO$_2$纳米带间的弱耦合有关。这些发现表明,我们生长的样品代表了一个不同于块体的新型系统,未来的实验有望借此揭示CuO$_2$平面内丰富而神秘的物理现象。

英文摘要:

In underdoped cuprate high $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ superconductors, various local orders and symmetry breaking states, in addition to superconductivity, reside in the CuO$_2$ planes. The confinement of the CuO$_2$ planes can therefore play a fundamental role in modifying the hierarchy between the various orders and their intertwining with superconductivity. Here we present the growth of $a$-axis oriented YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-δ}$ films, spanning the whole underdoped side of the phase diagram. In these samples, the CuO$_2$ planes are confined by the film thickness, effectively forming unit-cell-thick nanoribbons. The unidirectional confinement at the nanoscale enhances the in-plane anisotropy of the films. By X-ray diffraction and resistance vs temperature measurements, we have discovered the suppression of the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal transition at low dopings, and a very high anisotropy of the normal state resistance in the $b$-$c$ plane, the latter being connected to a weak coupling between adjacent CuO$_2$ nanoribbons. These findings show that the samples we have grown represent a novel system, different from the bulk, where future experiments can possibly shed light on the rich and mysterious physics occurring within the CuO$_2$ planes.

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