Phase transition in the cuprates from a magnetic-field-free stiffness meter viewpoint

Itzik Kapon; Zaher Salman; Itay Mangel; Thomas Prokscha; Nir Gavish; Amit Keren

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10480-x

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Phase transition in the cuprates from a magnetic-field-free stiffness meter viewpoint

Itzik Kapon,
Zaher Salman,
Itay Mangel,
Thomas Prokscha,
Nir Gavish,
Amit Keren

Affiliations

Itzik Kapon: Department of Physics, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Zaher Salman: Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute
Itay Mangel: Department of Physics, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Thomas Prokscha: Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute
Nir Gavish: Department of Mathematics, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Amit Keren: Department of Physics, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10480-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Precise measurements of the superconducting stiffness tensor can give detailed insights into the superconductor-normal phase transition. Kapon et al. introduce the Stiffnessometer approach for sensitive magnetic-field-free measurements and find two transition temperatures in LSCO rings.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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