Enhanced superconductivity close to a non-magnetic quantum critical point in electron-doped strontium titanate

Yasuhide Tomioka (), Naoki Shirakawa, Keisuke Shibuya and Isao H. Inoue ()
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Yasuhide Tomioka: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Naoki Shirakawa: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Keisuke Shibuya: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Isao H. Inoue: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Studies on quantum critical points (QCP) have focused on magnetic QCPs to date. Remarkable phenomena such as superconductivity due to avoided criticality have been discovered, but we focus here on the non-magnetic counterpart, i.e., the superconductivity of SrTiO3 regarded as being close to a ferroelectric QCP. Here we prepare high-quality Sr1−xLaxTi(16O1−z18Oz)3 single crystals without localisation at low temperatures, which allow us to systematically investigate the La substitution of Sr as an alternative to introducing oxygen vacancies. Analysis of our data based on a theoretical model predicts an appearance of the ferroelectric QCP around 3 × 1018 cm−3. Because of the QCP, the superconducting dome of Sr1−xLaxTiO3 can be raised upwards. Furthermore, remarkable enhancement of Tc (~0.6 K) is achieved by 18O exchange on the Sr1−xLaxTiO3 crystals. These findings provide a new knob for observing intriguing physics around the ferroelectric QCP.

Date: 2019
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