Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2007-02-05
Nature Physics 3, 311-314 (2007)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Nature Physics
Scientific paper
In the cuprates, the lightly-doped region is of major interest because superconductivity, antiferromagnetism, and the pseudogap state \cite{Timusk,Lee,Anderson} come together near a critical doping value $x_c$. These states are deeply influenced by phase fluctuations \cite{Emery} which lead to a vortex-liquid state that surrounds the superconducting region \cite{WangPRB01,WangPRB06}. However, many questions \cite{Doniach,Fisher,FisherLee,Tesanovic,Sachdev} related to the nature of the transition and vortex-liquid state at very low tempera- tures $T$ remain open because the diamagnetic signal is difficult to resolve in this region. Here, we report torque magnetometry results on $\rm La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$ (LSCO) which show that superconductivity is lost at $x_c$ by quantum phase fluctuations. We find that, in a magnetic field $H$, the vortex solid-to-liquid transition occurs at field $H_m$ much lower than the depairing field $H_{c2}$. The vortex liquid exists in the large field interval $H_m \ll H_{c2}$, even in the limit $T\to$0. The resulting phase diagram reveals the large fraction of the $x$-$H$ plane occupied by the quantum vortex liquid.
Ando Yoichi
Checkelsky Joseph G.
Komiya Seiki
Li Lu
Ong N. P.
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