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Point-contact spectroscopy of superconductors in the nonequilibrium state: A phase transition of the region of the superconductor near the point contact into a new nonequi- librium state at the critical density of nonequilibriumquasiparticles is observed.
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Oxygen adsorption induced superconductivity in ultrathin FeTe film on SrTiO3(001): The phenomenon of oxygen incorporation induced superconductivity in iron telluride (Fe1+yTe, with antiferromagnetic (AFM) orders) is intriguing and quite different from the case of FeSe. Until now, the microscopic origin of the induced...
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Prediction of superconducting properties of materials based on machine learning models: The application of superconducting materials is becoming more and more widespread. Traditionally, the discovery of new superconducting materials relies on the experience of experts and a large number of "trial and error" experimen...
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Field-angle dependence reveals odd-parity superconductivity in CeRh$_2$As$_2$: CeRh$_2$As$_2$ is an unconventional superconductor with multiple superconducting phases and $T_\mathrm{c} = 0.26$ K. When $H\parallel c$, it shows a field-induced transition at $\mu_0H^* = 4$ T from a low-field superconducting state SC1 to...
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Robust topological superconductivity in spin-orbit coupled systems at higher-order van Hove filling: Van Hove singularities (VHSs) in proximity to the Fermi level promote electronic interactions and generate diverse competing instabilities. It is also known that a nontrivial Berry phase derived from spin-orbit coupli...
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Microwave spectroscopy of Majorana vortex modes: The observation of zero-bias conductance peaks in vortex cores of certain Fe-based superconductors has sparked renewed interest in vortex-bound Majorana states. These materials are believed to be intrinsically topological in their bulk phase, thus avoiding potentially pr...
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Microscopic derivation of Ginzburg-Landau equations for coexistent states of superconductivity and magnetism: Ginzburg-Landau (GL) equations for the coexistent states of superconductivity and magnetism are derived microscopically from the extended Hubbard model with on-site repulsive and nearest-neighbor attractive i...
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Induced unconventional superconductivity on the surface states of Bi$_2$Te$_3$ topological insulator: Topological superconductivity is central to a variety of novel phenomena involving the interplay between topologically ordered phases and broken-symmetry states. The key ingredient is an unconventional order paramete...
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Noise Performance of Lumped Element Direct Current Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Amplifiers in the 4 GHz-8 GHz Range: We report on the noise of a lumped element Direct Current Superconducting Quantum Interference Device amplifier. We show that the noise temperature in the 4 GHz-8 GHz range over ranges o...
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Ambient Temperature Growth and Superconducting Properties of Ti-V Alloy Thin Films: A study on the optimization of ambient temperature growth and superconducting properties of Ti-V alloy thin films grown on SiO2-coated Si substrate is reported here. These films have been synthesized by co-sputtering of Ti and V targe...
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Impact of nonlocal electrodynamics on flux noise and inductance of superconducting wires: We present exact numerical calculations of supercurrent density, inductance, and impurity-induced flux noise of cylindrical superconducting wires in the nonlocal Pippard regime, which occurs when the Pippard coherence length is ...
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Imaging Local Sources of Intermodulation in Superconducting Microwave Devices: This work presents new experimental results on low-temperature (LT) characterization of local rf properties of passive superconducting (SC) microwave devices using a novel Laser Scanning Microscope (LSM). In this technique, a modulated las...
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Room temperature Peierls distortion in small radius nanotubes: By means of {\it ab initio} simulations, we investigate the phonon band structure and electron-phonon coupling in small 4-\AA diameter nanotubes. We show that both the C(5,0) and C(3,3) tubes undergo above room temperature a Peierls transition mediated by a...
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A new kind of vortex pinning in superconductor / ferromagnet nanocomposites: This paper reports the observation of hysteresis in the vortex pinning in a superconductor / ferromagnetic epitaxial nanocomposite consisting of fcc Gd particles incorporated in a Nb matrix. We show that this hysteretic pinning is associated...
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The effects of Zn Impurity on the Properties of Doped Cuprates in the Normal State: We study the interplay of quantum impurity, and collective spinon and holon dynamics in Zn doped high-T$_c$ cuprates in the normal state. The two-dimensional t-t$^{\prime}$-J models with one and a small amount of Zn impurity are inves...
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Odd triplet superconductivity in clean and moderately disordered SFFS junctions: We study the Josephson effect and pairing correlations in SFFS junctions that consist of conventional superconductors (S) connected through two metallic monodomain ferromagnets (F) with transparent and spin inactive interfaces. We solve ...
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Double-dome superconductivity under pressure in the V-based Kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = Rb and K): We present high-pressure electrical transport measurements on the newly discovered V-based superconductors $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A$ = Rb and K), which have an ideal Kagome lattice of vanadium. Two superconducting domes under p...
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Numerical extension of the power law Jc(B) to zero field in thin superconducting films: Numerical simulations of the current and field distribution in thin superconducting films are carried out for a given material law Jc(B) and as a function of the applied field H, taking the sample's self-field into account. The de...
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Impact of the transport supercurrent on the Josephson effect: We study the weak link between current-carrying superconductors, both conventional and d-wave. The state of the system is controlled by two parameters: the order parameter phase difference $\phi$ and the superfluid velocity $v_{s}$, which parameterizes the p...
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An attempt at a resonating mean-field theoretical description of thermal behavior of two-gap superconductivity: The resonating mean-field theory (Res-MFT) has been applied and shown to effectively describe two-gap superconductivity (SC). Particularly at T=0 using a suitable chemical potential, the two-gap SC in MgB2 ...
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Diboride compounds doped with transition metals$\unicode{x2013}$a route to superconductivity through structure stabilization as well as defects: Recent investigations into MoB$_{2}$ have unveiled a direct connection between a pressure-induced structural transition to a P6/mmm space group structure and the emergence o...
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Phase Separation, Competition, and Volume Fraction Control in NaFe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$As: We report a detailed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study by combined $^{23}$Na and $^{75}$As measurements over a broad range of doping to map the phase diagram of NaFe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$As. In the underdoped regime ($x \le$ 0.017), we f...
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Topological superconducting phases and Josephson effect in curved time-reversal-invariant superconductors: We consider a Rashba spin-orbit coupled nanowire with anisotropic spin-singlet superconducting pairing and time-reversal-invariant symmetry. We explore the evolution of the topological superconducting phases of ...
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Pressure effects on the electronic structure and magnetic properties of infinite-layer nickelates: Motivated by the discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates RNiO$_2$ (R= rare-earth), and the subsequent enhancement of their T$_c$ with pressure, we investigate the evolution of the electronic structur...
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Interplay between atomic fluctuations and charge density waves in La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$: In the cuprate superconductors, the spatial coherence of the charge density wave (CDW) state grows rapidly below a characteristic temperature $T_\mathrm{CDW}$, the nature of which is debated. We have combined a set of x-ray...
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Compartmentalizing the cuprate strange metal: It has long been recognized that the key to unlocking the mystery of cuprate high-Tc superconductivity lies in understanding the anomalous normal state from which pairs form and condense. While many of its defining properties have been identified, they are often considered ...
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Violation of Kohler rule in Ta2PdTe6 and absence of same in Nb2PdS5- A high field magneto transport study: Here, we present the comparative study of magnetotransport properties of recently discovered Ta2PdTe6 and Nb2PdS5 superconductors. The XRD and magnetotransport measurements are performed on these samples to inve...
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Why the lowest Landau level approximation works in strongly type II superconductors: Higher than the lowest Landau level contributions to magnetization and specific heat of superconductors are calculated using Ginzburg - Landau equations approach. Corrections to the excitation spectrum around solution of these equati...
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A Model to Describe Transport Properties in $Bi_2Sr_2(Ca_zPr_{1-z})Cu_2O_{8+y}$: A pseudo-spin model is proposed, as a means to describe some transport properties (resistivity and Hall mobility) in $Bi_2Sr_2(Ca_zPr_{1-z})Cu_2O_{8+y}$. Our model is based in a double-well potential where tunneling in a given site and i...
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Laser beam focusing by layered superconductor tuned by DC magnetic field: We develop a theory of the propagation and focusing of the THz Gaussian laser beam through the layered superconductor slab of finite thickness in the presence of an external DC magnetic field in a nonlinear regime. We show that, in this case, foc...
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Strongly correlated s-wave pairing in the n-type infinite-layer cuprate: Quasiparticle tunneling spectra of the electron-doped (n-type) infinite-layer cuprate Sr_{0.9}La_{0.1}CuO_2 reveal characteristics that counter a number of common phenomena in the hole-doped (p-type) cuprates. The optimally doped Sr_{0.9}La_{0.1}C...
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Corrections to the Higgs Mode Masses in Superfluid 3He: Superfluid 3He has a rich spectrum of collective modes with both massive and massless excitations. The masses of these modes can be precisely measured using acoustic spectroscopy and fit to theoretical models. Prior comparisons of the experimental results with the...
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Superconductor strip with transport current: Magneto-optical study of current distribution and its relaxation: The dynamics of magnetic flux distributions across a YBaCuO strip carrying transport current is measured using magneto-optical imaging at 20 K. The current is applied in pulses of 40-5000 ms duration and mag...
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Quantum liquid crystals in imbalanced Fermi gas: fluctuations and fractional vortices in Larkin-Ovchinnikov states: We develop a low-energy model of a unidirectional Larkin-Ovchinnikov (LO) state. Because the underlying rotational and translational symmetries are broken spontaneously, this gapless superfluid is a sme...
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Effects of Magnetic and non-Magnetic Impurities on the Superconducting State of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-δ}$: We report Electronic Raman Scattering measurements on optimally doped Zn and Ni substituted YBCO in A$_{1g}$ and B$_{1g}$ channels. We show that the superconducting gap energy is independant of magnetic Ni and ...
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Low-Temperature Rapid Synthesis and Superconductivity of Fe-Based Oxypnictide Superconductors: we were able to develop a novel method to synthesize Fe-based oxypnictide superconductors. By using LnAs and FeO as the starting materials and a ball-milling process prior to solid-state sintering, Tc as high as 50.7 K was ...
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Robust creation of entangled states of two coupled flux qubits via dynamic control of the transition frequencies: Coherent control and the creation of entangled states are discussed in a system of two superconducting flux qubits interacting with each other through their mutual inductance and identically coupling to a...
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Experimental study of intrinsic multiple Andreev reflections effect in GdO(F)FeAs superconductor array junctions: We report the first observation of the intrinsic multiple Andreev reflections effect (IMARE) in S-n-S-...-S-arrays (S = superconductor, n = normal metal) formed by "break-junction" technique in GdO(F)FeAs...
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Non-Fermi liquid behavior due to U(1) gauge field in two dimensions: We study the damping rate of massless Dirac fermions due to the U(1) gauge field in (2+1)-dimensional quantum electrodynamics. In the absence of a Maxwell term for the gauge field, the fermion damping rate $\mathrm{Im}\Sigma(\omega,T)$ is found to div...
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Observation of diamagnetic strange-metal phase in sulfur-copper codoped lead apatite: By codoping sulfur and copper into lead apatite, the crystal grains are directionally stacked and the room-temperature resistivity is reduced from insulating to $2\times10^{-5}~\Omega\cdot$m. The resistance-temperature curve exhibit...
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Ac$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ and La$_2$$Ae$Ni$_2$O$_6$F ($Ae$ = Sr, Ba): Benchmark Materials for Bilayer Nickelate Superconductivity: We theoretically propose Ac$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$, La$_2$BaNi$_2$O$_6$F, and La$_2$SrNi$_2$O$_6$F compounds to be benchmark materials for bilayer nickelate superconductivity. The stable phase of Ac$_3$N...
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Majorana bound states in vortex lattices on iron-based superconductors: Majorana quasi-particles may arise as zero-energy bound states in vortices on the surface of a topological insulator that is proximitized by a conventional superconductor. Such a system finds its natural realization in the iron-based superconductor...
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The Distribution of the Energy Gap and Josephson IcRn Product in Bi2212 by Tunneling Spectroscopy: We present direct measurements of the density of states by tunneling spectroscopy on slightly overdoped Bi2212 single crystals at low temperature using break-junction and point-contact techniques. We find that (i) the v...
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Chiral-Flux-Phase-Based Topological Superconductivity in Kagome Systems with Mixed Edge Chiralities: Recent studies have attracted intense attention on the quasi-2D kagome superconductors $ A\text{V}_3\text{Sb}_5 $ ($ A = $ K, Rb, and Cs) where the unexpected chiral flux phase (CFP) associates with the spontaneous ti...
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Superconductivity and multiple pressure-induced phases in BaPt$_2$As$_2$: The newly discovered BaPt$_2$As$_2$ shows a structural distortion at around 275~K, followed by the emergence of superconductivity at lower temperatures. Here we identify the presence of charge density wave (CDW) order at room temperature and ambi...
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Remote Sensing and Control of Phase Qubits: We demonstrate a remote sensing design of phase qubits by separating the control and readout circuits from the qubit loop. This design improves measurement reliability because the control readout chip can be fabricated using more robust materials and can be reused to test dif...
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Particle-hole symmetry breaking in the pseudogap state of Pb0.55Bi1.5Sr1.6La0.4CuO6+d: A quantum-chemical perspective: Two Bi2201 model systems are employed to demonstrate how, beside the Cu-O \sigma-band, a second band of purely O2p\pi character can be made to cross the Fermi level owing to its sensitivity to the lo...
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Dynamic spin-triplet order induced by alternating electric fields in superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor Josephson junctions: Dynamic states offer extended possibilities to control the properties of quantum matter. Recent efforts are focused on studying the ordered states which appear exclusively under the time...
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Bound States of Defects in Superconducting LiFeAs Studied by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy: Defects in LiFeAs are studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS). Topographic images of the five predominant defects allow the identification of their position within the lattice. The most commonly...
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Anomalous Electronic Susceptibility in Bi2sr2cuo6+d: We report magnetic susceptibility performed on overdoped Bi2Sr2CuO6+d powders as a function of oxygen doping d and temperature T. The decrease of the spin susceptibility chis with increasing T is confirmed. At sufficient high temperature, chis presents an unusual lin...
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NMR Investigation of the Quasi One-dimensional Superconductor K$_{2}$Cr$_{3}$As$_{3}$: We report $^{75}$As NMR measurements on the new quasi one-dimensional superconductor K$_{2}$Cr$_{3}$As$_{3}$ ($T_{c} \sim 6.1$~K) [J.\ K.\ Bao et al., Phys. Rev. X {\bf 5}, 011013 (2015)]. We found evidence for strong enhancement o...
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Effects of strain on the electronic structure, superconductivity, and nematicity in FeSe studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy: One of central issues in iron-based superconductors is the role of structural change to the superconducting transition temperature (T_c). It was found in FeSe that the lattice...
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Vortex-antivortex nucleation in magnetically nanotextured superconductors: Magnetic-field-driven and thermal scenarios: Within the Ginzburg-Landau formalism, we predict two novel mechanisms of vortex-antivortex nucleation in a magnetically nanostructured superconductor. Although counterintuitive, nucleation of vortex...
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Enhanced Superconductivity on the Tetragonal Lattice in FeSe under Hydrostatic Pressure: Superconductivity under pressure in FeSe ($T_{\rm c}$$\sim$7.5 K) has been investigated using single-crystal specimens through the measurements of DC magnetization and electrical resistivity. A characteristic three-step increase ...
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Triplanar Model for the Gap and Penetration Depth in YBCO: YBaCuO_7 is a trilayer material with a unit cell consisting of a CuO_2 bilayer with a CuO plane of chains in between. Starting with a model of isolated planes coupled through a transverse matrix element, we consider the possibility of intra as well as interplan...
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Reduction of the electrodynamics of superconductors to those for conductors with the incorporation of spatial dispersion: We derive general frequency dependencies of the surface impedance modulus for conductors without the dc dissipation, i. e. for superconductors or perfect conductors. The frequency-dependent surfac...
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The maximal superconductivity in proximity to charge density wave quantum critical point in Cu$_x$TiSe$_2$: Superconductivity emerges in $1T$-TiSe$_2$ when its charge density wave (CDW) order is suppressed by Cu intercalation or pressure. Since the CDW state is thought to be an excitonic insulator, an interesting que...
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Pressure-induced magnetic collapse and metallization of $\mathrm{TlF}{\mathrm{e}}_{1.6}\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{e}}_{2}$: The crystal structure, magnetic ordering, and electrical resistivity of TlFe1.6Se2 were studied at high pressures. Below ~7 GPa, TlFe1.6Se2 is an antiferromagnetically ordered semiconductor with a ThCr2...
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Hidden symmetry and knot solitons in a charged two-condensate Bose system: We show that a charged two-condensate Ginzburg-Landau model or equivalently a Gross-Pitaevskii functional for two charged Bose condensates, can be mapped onto a version of the nonlinear O(3) $\sigma$-model. This implies in particular that such...
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Effects of the Spin-Orbit Coupling and the Superconductivity in simple-cubic alpha-Polonium: We have investigated the mechanism of stabilizing the simple-cubic (SC) structure in polonium (alpha- Po), based on the phonon dispersion calculations using the first-principles all-electron band method. We have demonstrated ...
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Evidence for quasi-two-dimensional superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates: After being expected as a promising analogue to cuprates for decades, superconductivity was recently discovered in infinite-layer nickelates, providing new opportunities to explore mechanisms of high-temperature superconductivity. Howe...
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Electronic structure studies of BaFe2As2 by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy: We report high resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies of the electronic structure of BaFe$_2$As$_2$, which is one of the parent compounds of the Fe-pnictide superconductors. ARPES measurements have bee...
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Correlation of Fe-based Superconductivity and Electron-Phonon Coupling in an FeAs/Oxide Heterostructure: Interfacial phonons between iron-based superconductors (FeSCs) and perovskite substrates have received considerable attention due to the possibility of enhancing preexisting superconductivity. Using scanning tunne...
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Fragmentation of Fast Josephson Vortices and Breakdown of Ordered States by Moving Topological Defects: Topological defects such as vortices, dislocations or domain walls define many important effects in superconductivity, superfluidity, magnetism, liquid crystals, and plasticity of solids. Here we address the breakd...
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Persistent Charge Density Wave Memory in a Cuprate Superconductor: Although charge density wave (CDW) correlations appear to be a ubiquitous feature of the superconducting cuprates, their disparate properties suggest a crucial role for coupling or pinning of the CDW to lattice deformations and disorder. While diffracti...
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Intrinsic Properties of Stoichiometric LaOFeP: DC and ac magnetization, resistivity, specific heat, and neutron diffraction data reveal that stoichiometric LaOFeP is metallic and non-superconducting above T = 0.35 K, with gamma = 12.5 mJ/mol*K. Neutron diffraction data at room temperature and T = 10 K are well describe...
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Striking Zn impurity effect on the Fe-based superconductor BaFe1.87Co0.13As2: Nonmagnetic impurity effect was studied on the n-type Fe-based superconductor BaFe1.87Co0.13As2 (Tc = 25 K) by a successful Zn substitution for Fe up to 7 at.%. Magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, specific heat, and Hall coeffi...
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Huge magnetostriction in superconducting single-crystalline BaFe$_{1.908}$Ni$_{0.092}$As$_{2}$: The performance of iron-based superconductors in high magnetic fields plays an important role for their practical application. In this work, we measured the magnetostriction and magnetization of BaFe$_{1.908}$Ni$_{0.092}$A...
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Manifesto for a higher Tc -- lessons from pnictides and cuprates: We explore energy scales, features in the normal state transport, relevant interactions and constraints for the pairing mechanisms in the high-Tc cuprates and Fe-pnictides. Based on this analysis we attempt to identify a number of attributes of supercond...
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Magnetic and structural properties of the iron silicide superconductor LaFeSiH: The magnetic and structural properties of the recently discovered pnictogen/chalcogen-free superconductor LaFeSiH ($T_c\simeq10$~K) have been investigated by $^{57}$Fe synchrotron M{\"o}ssbauer source (SMS) spectroscopy, x-ray and neutron...
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Interplay between collective modes in hybrid electron gas-superconductor structures: We study hybridization of collective plasmon and Carlson-Goldman-Artemenko-Volkov modes in a hybrid system, consisting of a two-dimensional layers of electron gas in the normal state and superconductor, coupled by long-range Coulomb ...
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Non-thermal origin of nonlinear transport across magnetically induced superconductor-metal-insulator transition: We have studied the effect of perpendicular magnetic fields and temperatures on the nonlinear electronic transport in amorphous Ta superconducting thin films. The films exhibit a magnetic field induced met...
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Modification of the effective action approach for the Leggett mode: The modified procedure to get the effective action is discussed. Careful observation of phase of electrons leads to the conclusion that Hubbard-Stratonovich field should be pair wavefunction, instead of gap. The modified theory is valid for arbitrary s...
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Collision Dynamics of Two Bose-Einstein Condensates in the Presence of Raman Coupling: A collision of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in the presence of Raman coupling is proposed and studied by numerical simulations. Raman transitions are found to be able to reduce collision-produced irregular excitations by...
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Hall-Lorenz ratio of YBa2Cu3O7 using Ionization energy based Fermi-Dirac statistics and charge-spin separation: The temperature dependent properties of heat capacity, heat conductivity and Hall-Lorenz ratio have been solved numerically after taking the previously proposed ionization energy based Fermi-Dirac statistic...
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Comment on "Enhanced two-dimensional properties of the four-layered cuprate high-Tc superconductor TlBa-2Ca-3Cu-4O-y": We reanalyze published magnetization data and demonstrate that the conclusion of the original authors, claiming enhanced two-dimensional properties of the cuprate superconductor Tl-1234, is not suppo...
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Effect of biaxial strain on the phase transitions of Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2: We study the effect of applied strain as a physical control parameter for the phase transitions of Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2 using resistivity, magnetization, x-ray diffraction and 57Fe M\"ossbauer spectroscopy. Biaxial strain, namely compression of the basa...
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Optical sum increase due to electron undressing: For a system with a fixed number of electrons, the total optical sum is a constant, independent of many-body interactions, of impurity scattering and of temperature. For a single band in a metal, such a sum rule is no longer independent of the interactions or temperature...
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Superconductivity in layered CeO0.5F0.5BiS2: We report appearance of superconductivity in CeO0.5F0.5BiS2. The bulk polycrystalline samples CeOBiS2 and CeO0.5F0.5BiS2 are synthesized by conventional solid state reaction route via vacuum encapsulation technique. Detailed structural analysis showed that the studied CeO0.5...
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Negative in-plane and out-of-plane magnetoresistivities in optimally doped Bi2Sr2Ca0.8Y0.2Cu2O8+d single crystal: Both the in-plane and out-of-plane magnetoresistivities have been measured in the normal state of an optimally doped Bi2Sr2Ca0.8Y0.2Cu2O8+d single crystal with a magnetic field applied parallel and perpen...
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Superconductivity of the New Medium-Entropy Alloy V4Ti2W with a Body-Centered Cubic Structure: Medium- and high-entropy alloy (MEA and HEA) superconductors have attracted considerable interest since their discovery. This paper reports the superconducting properties of ternary tungsten-containing MEA V4Ti2W for the fi...
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Spectrum of low energy excitations in the vortex state: comparison of Doppler shift method to quasiclassical approach: We present a detailed comparison of numerical solutions of the quasiclassical Eilenberger equations with several approximation schemes for the density of states of s- and d-wave superconductors in th...
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Phase diagram of nickelate superconductors calculated by dynamical vertex approximation: We review the electronic structure of nickelate superconductors with and without effects of electronic correlations. As a minimal model we identify the one-band Hubbard model for the Ni 3$d_{x^2-y^2}$ orbital plus a pocket around...
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Thermodynamic evidence for nematic superconductivity in Cu$_x$Bi$_2$Se$_3$: Unconventional superconductivity is characterized by the spontaneous symmetry breaking of the macroscopic superconducting wavefunction in addition to the gauge symmetry breaking, such as rotational-symmetry breaking with respect to the underl...
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Magnetic hysteresis of a superconducting microstrip resonator with a high edge barrier: We investigate the magnetic hysteresis of a superconducting microstrip resonator with a high edge barrier. We measure the magnetic hysteresis while either sweeping a magnetic field or tuning the edge barrier by high microwave curr...
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Thermally assisted quantum vortex tunneling in the Hall and dissipative regime: Quantum vortex tunneling is studied for the case where the Hall and the dissipative dynamics are simultaneously present. For a given temperature, the magnetization relaxation rate is calculated as a function of the external current and th...
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Transport signatures of fragile-glass dynamics in the melting of the two-dimensional vortex lattice: In two-dimensional (2D) systems, the melting from a solid to an isotropic liquid can occur via an intermediate phase that retains orientational order. However, in 2D superconducting vortex lattices, the effect of orie...
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Superconducting mechanism for the cuprate Ba$_2$CuO$_{3+δ}$ based on a multiorbital Lieb lattice model: For the recently discovered cuprate superconductor $\mathrm{Ba_{2}CuO_{3+\delta}}$, we propose a lattice structure which resembles the model considered by Lieb to represent the vastly oxygen-deficient material. We ...
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Helium-Three in Aerogel: Liquid 3He confined in silica aerogel provides us with a unique system to study the effects of quenched disorder on the properties of a strongly correlated quantum liquid. The superfluid phases display interplay between disorder and complex symmetry-breaking.
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Pressure effects on the unconventional superconductivity of the noncentrosymmetric LaNiC2: The unconventional superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric LaNiC$_2$, and its evolution with pressure, is analyzed basing on the {\it ab initio} computations and the full Eliashberg formalism. First principles calculations ...
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NMR evidence for an intimate relationship between antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations and extended s-wave superconductivity in mono-crystalline SrFe2(As_{1-x}P_{x})2: We report systematic 31P-NMR study on iron (Fe)-based superconductors SrFe2(As_{1-x}P_{x})2 (Sr122AsP), in which a superconducting (SC) transition te...
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Origin of Topological Surface Superconductivity in FeSe$_{0.45}$Te$_{0.55}$: The engineering of Majorana zero modes in topological superconductors, a new paradigm for the realization of topological quantum computing and topology-based devices, has been hampered by the absence of materials with sufficiently large supe...
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Probing the topological band structure of diffusive multiterminal Josephson junction devices with conductance measurements: The energy of an Andreev bound state in a clean normal metal in contact with two superconductors disperses with the difference $\Delta \phi$ in the superconducting phase between the superconduct...
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Controlling superconductivity of CeIrIn$_5$ microstructures by substrate selection: Superconductor/metal interfaces are usually fabricated in heterostructures that join these dissimilar materials. A conceptually different approach has recently exploited the strain sensitivity of heavy-fermion superconductors, selecti...
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Generic Finite Size Enhancement of Pairing in Mesoscopic Fermi Systems: The finite size dependent enhancement of pairing in mesoscopic Fermi systems is studied under the assumption that the BCS approach is valid and that the two body force is size independent. Different systems are investigated such as superconducting ...
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Pair Density Waves from Local Band Geometry: A band-projection formalism is developed for calculating the superfluid weight in two-dimensional multi-orbital superconductors with an orbital-dependent pairing. It is discovered that, in this case, the band geometric superfluid stiffness tensor can be locally non-positive-...
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Electron-Phonon Superconductivity in LaO$_{0.5}$F$_{0.5}$BiSe$_{2}$: We report density functional calculations of the electronic structure, Fermi surface, phonon spectrum and electron--phonon coupling for newly discovered superconductor LaO$_{0.5}$F$_{0.5}$BiSe$_{2}$. Significant similarity between LaO$_{0.5}$F$_{0.5}$...
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Critical Velocity in the Presence of Surface Bound States in Superfluid $^3$He-B: A microelectromechanical oscillator with a gap of 1.25 $\mu$m was immersed in superfluid $^3$He-B and cooled below 250 $\mu$K at various pressures. Mechanical resonances of its shear motion were measured at various levels of driving for...
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Reinterpretation of the equilibrium magnetization of a Tl-based single crystal. Another phase transition in the mixed state of high-Tc superconductors?: We apply a recently developed scaling procedure for the analysis of the equilibrium magnetization M that was measured on a Tl-based single crystal and was recently...
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Finite-size effects in hyperuniform vortex matter: Novel hyperuniform materials are emerging as an active field of applied and basic research since they can be designed to have exceptional physical properties. This ubiquitous state of matter presents a hidden order that is characterized by the density of constituents o...
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