Persistent paramagnons in high-temperature infinite-layer nickelate superconductors

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Autores principales: Yan, Yujie, Chan, Ying, Hong, Xunyang, Chow, S. Lin Er, Luo, Zhaoyang, Li, Yuehong, Wang, Tianren, Wu, Yuetong, Biało, Izabela, Fitriyah, Nurul, Prakash, Saurav, Gao, Xing, Yip, King Yau, Gao, Qiang, Ren, Xiaolin, Choi, Jaewon, Channagowdra, Ganesha, Okamoto, Jun, Zhou, Xingjiang, Zhu, Zhihai, Si, Liang, Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian, Zhou, Ke-Jin, Huang, Hsiao-Yu, Huang, Di-Jing, Chang, Johan, Ariando, A., Wang, Qisi
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author Yan, Yujie
Chan, Ying
Hong, Xunyang
Chow, S. Lin Er
Luo, Zhaoyang
Li, Yuehong
Wang, Tianren
Wu, Yuetong
Biało, Izabela
Fitriyah, Nurul
Prakash, Saurav
Gao, Xing
Yip, King Yau
Gao, Qiang
Ren, Xiaolin
Choi, Jaewon
Channagowdra, Ganesha
Okamoto, Jun
Zhou, Xingjiang
Zhu, Zhihai
Si, Liang
Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian
Zhou, Ke-Jin
Huang, Hsiao-Yu
Huang, Di-Jing
Chang, Johan
Ariando, A.
Wang, Qisi
author_facet Yan, Yujie
Chan, Ying
Hong, Xunyang
Chow, S. Lin Er
Luo, Zhaoyang
Li, Yuehong
Wang, Tianren
Wu, Yuetong
Biało, Izabela
Fitriyah, Nurul
Prakash, Saurav
Gao, Xing
Yip, King Yau
Gao, Qiang
Ren, Xiaolin
Choi, Jaewon
Channagowdra, Ganesha
Okamoto, Jun
Zhou, Xingjiang
Zhu, Zhihai
Si, Liang
Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian
Zhou, Ke-Jin
Huang, Hsiao-Yu
Huang, Di-Jing
Chang, Johan
Ariando, A.
Wang, Qisi
contents The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in hole-doped SmNiO$_2$, exhibiting the record-high transition temperature $T_c$ among infinite-layer (IL) nickelates, has opened a new avenue for exploring design principles of superconductivity. Experimentally determining the electronic structure and magnetic interactions in this new system is crucial to elucidating the mechanism behind the enhanced superconductivity. Here, we report a Ni $L$-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) study of superconducting Sm-based IL nickelate thin films Sm$_{1-x-y-z}$Eu$_x$Ca$_y$Sr$_z$NiO$_2$ (SECS). Dispersive paramagnonic excitations are observed in both optimally and overdoped SECS samples, supporting a spin-fluctuation-mediated pairing scenario. However, despite the two-fold enhancement of $T_c$ in the Sm-based nickelates compared to their Pr-based counterparts, the effective exchange coupling strength is reduced by approximately $20\%$. This behavior contrasts with hole-doped cuprates, where magnetic interactions correlate positively with $T_c$, highlighting essential differences in their superconducting mechanisms.
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spellingShingle Persistent paramagnons in high-temperature infinite-layer nickelate superconductors
Yan, Yujie
Chan, Ying
Hong, Xunyang
Chow, S. Lin Er
Luo, Zhaoyang
Li, Yuehong
Wang, Tianren
Wu, Yuetong
Biało, Izabela
Fitriyah, Nurul
Prakash, Saurav
Gao, Xing
Yip, King Yau
Gao, Qiang
Ren, Xiaolin
Choi, Jaewon
Channagowdra, Ganesha
Okamoto, Jun
Zhou, Xingjiang
Zhu, Zhihai
Si, Liang
Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian
Zhou, Ke-Jin
Huang, Hsiao-Yu
Huang, Di-Jing
Chang, Johan
Ariando, A.
Wang, Qisi
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in hole-doped SmNiO$_2$, exhibiting the record-high transition temperature $T_c$ among infinite-layer (IL) nickelates, has opened a new avenue for exploring design principles of superconductivity. Experimentally determining the electronic structure and magnetic interactions in this new system is crucial to elucidating the mechanism behind the enhanced superconductivity. Here, we report a Ni $L$-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) study of superconducting Sm-based IL nickelate thin films Sm$_{1-x-y-z}$Eu$_x$Ca$_y$Sr$_z$NiO$_2$ (SECS). Dispersive paramagnonic excitations are observed in both optimally and overdoped SECS samples, supporting a spin-fluctuation-mediated pairing scenario. However, despite the two-fold enhancement of $T_c$ in the Sm-based nickelates compared to their Pr-based counterparts, the effective exchange coupling strength is reduced by approximately $20\%$. This behavior contrasts with hole-doped cuprates, where magnetic interactions correlate positively with $T_c$, highlighting essential differences in their superconducting mechanisms.
title Persistent paramagnons in high-temperature infinite-layer nickelate superconductors
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18373