A ferroelectric quantum phase transition inside a superconducting dome

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Abstract

SrTiO$_{3}$, a quantum paraelectric, becomes a metal with a superconducting instability after removal of an extremely small number of oxygen atoms. It turns into a ferroelectric upon substitution of a tiny fraction of strontium atoms with calcium. The exceptionally dilute superconductor and ferroelectric are both percolative orders, which may be accidental neighbors or intimately connected, as in the picture of quantum critical ferroelectricity. We find that in Sr$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$TiO$_{3-\delta}$ ($0.002

Authors

  • Willem Rischau

    • ESPCI Paris
  • Xiao Lin

    • ESPCI Paris & Universität zu Köln
  • Christoph P. Grams

    • Universität zu Köln
  • Dennis Finck

    • Universität zu Köln
  • Steffen Harms

    • Universität zu Köln
  • Johannes Engelmayer

    • Universität zu Köln
  • Thomas Lorenz

    • Universität zu Köln
  • Yann Gallais

    • Université Paris Didérot
  • Benoît Fauqué

    • ESPCI Paris
  • Joachim Hemberger

    • Universität zu Köln
  • Kamran Behnia

    • ESPCI Paris