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Direct measurement of the upper critical field in cuprate superconductors

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  • G. Grissonnanche

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • O. Cyr-Choinière

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • F. Laliberté

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • S. René de Cotret

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • A. Juneau-Fecteau

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • S. Dufour-Beauséjour

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • M. -È. Delage

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • D. LeBoeuf

    (Université de Sherbrooke
    Present address: Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, Grenoble, France)

  • J. Chang

    (Université de Sherbrooke
    Present address: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • B. J. Ramshaw

    (University of British Columbia)

  • D. A. Bonn

    (University of British Columbia
    Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)

  • W. N. Hardy

    (University of British Columbia
    Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)

  • R. Liang

    (University of British Columbia
    Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)

  • S. Adachi

    (Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC)

  • N. E. Hussey

    (H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol
    Present address: High Field Magnet Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • B. Vignolle

    (Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses)

  • C. Proust

    (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
    Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses)

  • M. Sutherland

    (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

  • S. Krämer

    (Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses)

  • J. -H. Park

    (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

  • D. Graf

    (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

  • N. Doiron-Leyraud

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • Louis Taillefer

    (Université de Sherbrooke
    Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)

Abstract

In the quest to increase the critical temperature Tc of cuprate superconductors, it is essential to identify the factors that limit the strength of superconductivity. The upper critical field Hc2 is a fundamental measure of that strength, yet there is no agreement on its magnitude and doping dependence in cuprate superconductors. Here we show that the thermal conductivity can be used to directly detect Hc2 in the cuprates YBa2Cu3Oy, YBa2Cu4O8 and Tl2Ba2CuO6+δ, allowing us to map out Hc2 across the doping phase diagram. It exhibits two peaks, each located at a critical point where the Fermi surface of YBa2Cu3Oy is known to undergo a transformation. Below the higher critical point, the condensation energy, obtained directly from Hc2, suffers a sudden 20-fold collapse. This reveals that phase competition—associated with Fermi-surface reconstruction and charge-density-wave order—is a key limiting factor in the superconductivity of cuprates.

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  • G. Grissonnanche & O. Cyr-Choinière & F. Laliberté & S. René de Cotret & A. Juneau-Fecteau & S. Dufour-Beauséjour & M. -È. Delage & D. LeBoeuf & J. Chang & B. J. Ramshaw & D. A. Bonn & W. N. Hardy & R, 2014. "Direct measurement of the upper critical field in cuprate superconductors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms4280
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4280
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