Pressure-driven right-triangle shape superconductivity in bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$
| Autor: | Li, Jingyuan, Ma, Peiyue, Zhang, Hengyuan, Huang, Xing, Huang, Chaoxin, Huo, Mengwu, Hu, Deyuan, Dong, Zixian, He, Chengliang, Liao, Jiahui, Chen, Xiang, Xie, Tao, Sun, Hualei, Wang, Meng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | Here we report a comprehensive study of the crystal structure, resistivity, and alternating-current magnetic susceptibility in single crystals of La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$, with a hydrostatic pressure up to 104 GPa. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal a bilayer orthorhombic structure (space group $Amam$) at ambient pressure and a transformation into a tetragonal phase (space group $I4/mmm$) at ad critical pressure of $\sim$14 GPa. The transport measurements reveal a right-triangle shape superconducting region with a maximum $T_c$ of 83 K at 18.0 GPa. The superconductivity is gradually suppressed when applying a higher pressure, but it can persist up to 90 GPa. Importantly, we measured the Meissner effect of superconductivity using an alternating-current magnetic susceptibility technique under pressure and estimated the maximum superconducting volume fraction of being 48$\%$ at 19.4 GPa. Thus, we demonstrate the bulk nature of superconductivity in the bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under high pressure. The intimate connection among the superconductivity, the oxygen content, and the tetragonal structure are discussed. Comment: 4 figures in the article and 4 figures in the supplementary. Comments and suggestions are welcome! |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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