Atomically thin high-temperature superconductors

ORAL

Abstract


The emergent technique of van der Waals stacking has started to impact on high temperature superconductivity [1][2]. Here we report the realization of superconducting unprotected Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (BSCCO) flakes down to 2.5 unit cells for studying high Tc superconductivity mechanism. We employ a novel solid state gating technique to effectively tune the carrier density of thin flakes, inducing the superconductor-insulator transition (SIT) in BSCCO. The corresponding evolution of the density of states (DOS) is unveiled by using planar tunnel junctions of graphite/BSCCO. The combination of gate tuning and tunneling spectroscopy shall be applicable to other two-dimensional materials.

[1] M. Liao, Y. Zhu, J. Zhang, R. Zhong, J. Schneeloch, G. D. Gu, K. Jiang, D. Zhang, X. Ma, and Q. K. Xue, Nano Lett. 18, 5660 (2018).
[2] S. Y. F. Zhao, N. Poccia, M. G. Panetta, C. Yu, J. W. Johnson, H. Yoo, R. Zhong, G. D. Gu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. V. Postolova, V. M. Vinokur, and P. Kim, arXiv: 1809.06944.

Presenters

  • Yuying Zhu

    • Tsinghua University

Authors

  • Yuying Zhu

    • Tsinghua University
  • Menghan Liao

    • Tsinghua University
  • Jin Zhang

    • Tsinghua University
  • Ruidan Zhong

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • John Schneeloch

    • Physics, University of Virginia
    • Brookhaven National Lab
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • University of Virginia
  • Genda Gu

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Lab
    • Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA.
    • Cond. Matt. Physics and Material Science, Brookhaven Natl Lab
    • Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Labs, Long Island, NY, USA, 11973
    • Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Condensed Matter Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Laboratories
    • Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science, Brookhaven National Lab
    • Brookhaven Natl Lab
  • Kaili Jiang

    • Tsinghua University
  • Ding Zhang

    • Tsinghua University
    • State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
  • Xucun Ma

    • Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
    • Tsinghua University
    • State Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
  • Qikun Xue

    • Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
    • Tsinghua University
    • State Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University