Author
Listed:
- Damjan Pelc
(University of Zagreb
University of Minnesota)
- Marija Vučković
(University of Zagreb
University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12)
- Mihael S. Grbić
(University of Zagreb)
- Miroslav Požek
(University of Zagreb)
- Guichuan Yu
(University of Minnesota)
- Takao Sasagawa
(Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Martin Greven
(University of Minnesota)
- Neven Barišić
(University of Minnesota
Institute of Solid State Physics)
Abstract
A pivotal step toward understanding unconventional superconductors would be to decipher how superconductivity emerges from the unusual normal state. In the cuprates, traces of superconducting pairing appear above the macroscopic transition temperature Tc, yet extensive investigation has led to disparate conclusions. The main difficulty has been to separate superconducting contributions from complex normal-state behaviour. Here we avoid this problem by measuring nonlinear conductivity, an observable that is zero in the normal state. We uncover for several representative cuprates that the nonlinear conductivity vanishes exponentially above Tc, both with temperature and magnetic field, and exhibits temperature-scaling characterized by a universal scale Ξ0. Attempts to model the response with standard Ginzburg-Landau theory are systematically unsuccessful. Instead, our findings are captured by a simple percolation model that also explains other properties of the cuprates. We thus resolve a long-standing conundrum by showing that the superconducting precursor in the cuprates is strongly affected by intrinsic inhomogeneity.
Suggested Citation
Damjan Pelc & Marija Vučković & Mihael S. Grbić & Miroslav Požek & Guichuan Yu & Takao Sasagawa & Martin Greven & Neven Barišić, 2018.
"Emergence of superconductivity in the cuprates via a universal percolation process,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-10, December.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-06707-y
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06707-y
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