Evolution of the Superfluid Density in Infinite-Layer Nickelates

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Main Authors: Wang, Bai Yang, Harvey, Shannon P., Lee, Kyuho, Yu, Yijun, Lee, Yonghun, Osada, Motoki, Murthy, Chaitanya, Raghu, Srinivas, Hwang, Harold Y.
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author Wang, Bai Yang
Harvey, Shannon P.
Lee, Kyuho
Yu, Yijun
Lee, Yonghun
Osada, Motoki
Murthy, Chaitanya
Raghu, Srinivas
Hwang, Harold Y.
author_facet Wang, Bai Yang
Harvey, Shannon P.
Lee, Kyuho
Yu, Yijun
Lee, Yonghun
Osada, Motoki
Murthy, Chaitanya
Raghu, Srinivas
Hwang, Harold Y.
contents Nickelate superconductors provide a valuable new platform for the study of unconventional superconductivity that is complementary to the cuprates. One of the central puzzles about high-temperature superconductors is what factors determine the scale of their superconducting transition temperature ($T_\mathrm{c}$). To address this question for infinite-layer nickelates, we present a systematic mutual inductance study of the superfluid density across the doping-dependent superconducting dome of $\mathrm{Nd}_{1-x}\mathrm{Sr}_x\mathrm{NiO}_2$. We observe a weak superfluid stiffness that exhibits an approximately square-root correlation with $T_\mathrm{c}$. We also find a strong interplay between Nd magnetism and the superconducting phase, manifested as a substantial low-temperature suppression of superfluid density. These observations highlight the importance of superconducting phase fluctuations in limiting $T_\mathrm{c}$ and unexpectedly strong coupling between the Nd 4$f$ moments and the superfluid.
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spellingShingle Evolution of the Superfluid Density in Infinite-Layer Nickelates
Wang, Bai Yang
Harvey, Shannon P.
Lee, Kyuho
Yu, Yijun
Lee, Yonghun
Osada, Motoki
Murthy, Chaitanya
Raghu, Srinivas
Hwang, Harold Y.
Superconductivity
Nickelate superconductors provide a valuable new platform for the study of unconventional superconductivity that is complementary to the cuprates. One of the central puzzles about high-temperature superconductors is what factors determine the scale of their superconducting transition temperature ($T_\mathrm{c}$). To address this question for infinite-layer nickelates, we present a systematic mutual inductance study of the superfluid density across the doping-dependent superconducting dome of $\mathrm{Nd}_{1-x}\mathrm{Sr}_x\mathrm{NiO}_2$. We observe a weak superfluid stiffness that exhibits an approximately square-root correlation with $T_\mathrm{c}$. We also find a strong interplay between Nd magnetism and the superconducting phase, manifested as a substantial low-temperature suppression of superfluid density. These observations highlight the importance of superconducting phase fluctuations in limiting $T_\mathrm{c}$ and unexpectedly strong coupling between the Nd 4$f$ moments and the superfluid.
title Evolution of the Superfluid Density in Infinite-Layer Nickelates
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05606