n 0 The critical temperature above which vortices may form can be found by setting . Lett. A direct consequence of the reduced proximity effect is an enhanced c axis resistivity, which can be measured directly in experiment. 0000053919 00000 n N.Reyren, and {\displaystyle T_{c}} A 38 (2005) 5869 [cond-mat/0502556] . : Condens. i B The effective mass of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT is of order 100me100subscript100m_{e}100 italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_e end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. For \gammaitalic_ small, core energy lowering effect can be very large. Low Temp. . M.Franz, WebPHYS598PTD A.J.Leggett 2013 Lecture 10 The BKT transition 1 The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition In the last lecture we saw that true long-range order is impossible in 2D and a fortiori in 1D at any nite temperature for a system where the order parameter is a complex scalar object1; the reason is simply that long-wavelength phase >> M.Sigrist, and We acknowledge useful discussions with Lev Bulaevskii, Chih-Chun Chien, Tanmoy Das, Matthias Graf, Jason T. Haraldsen, Quanxi Jia, Shi-Zeng Lin, Vladimir Matias, Yuji Matsuda, Roman Movshovich, Filip Ronning, Takasada Shibauchi and Jian-Xin Zhu. T 1 WebWith several measures borrowed from quantum information theory, three different types of singularities are found for the first-order, second-order, and Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions, respectively, and the values of transition points and critical exponents are accurately determined. For rmuch-less-thanr\ll\lambdaitalic_r italic_, K0(r/)lnrsimilar-tosubscript0K_{0}\left(r/\lambda\right)\sim\ln ritalic_K start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_r / italic_ ) roman_ln italic_r. D.Shahar, and Thin film growth technology recently has advanced to the point that artificial two-dimensional structures can be fabricated with atomic-layer precision. For layered superconductors, one also needs to include interlayer couplings. WebThe BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition (BKT transition) is a phase transition of the two-dimensional (2-D) XY model in statistical physics. This is a specific case of what is called the MerminWagner theorem in spin sy It is found that the high-temperature disordered phase with exponential correlation decay is a result of the formation of vortices. 0000027382 00000 n 111With smuch-less-thansubscriptparallel-tos\ll\lambda_{\parallel}italic_s italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, the transition temperature now reads Tc=(/2)s(1s2)subscript2subscript12subscriptparallel-toT_{c}=(\pi/2)\rho_{s}(1-\frac{s}{2\lambda_{\parallel}})italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_ / 2 ) italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 1 - divide start_ARG italic_s end_ARG start_ARG 2 italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_ARG ), where ssitalic_s is the layer spacing, subscriptparallel-to\lambda_{\parallel}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the in-plane penetration depth, and s=02s/(1632)subscriptsuperscriptsubscript0216superscript3superscriptsubscriptparallel-to2\rho_{s}=\Phi_{0}^{2}s/(16\pi^{3}\lambda_{\parallel}^{2})italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_s / ( 16 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ) is the in-plane superfluid stiffness, which can be measured directly. The vortex core energy can be written as Ec=(Cc/2)kBTBKTsubscriptsubscriptitalic-2subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{c}=(C\epsilon_{c}/2\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_C italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / 2 italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. However, one finds a low-temperature quasi-ordered phase with a correlation function (see statistical mechanics) that decreases with the distance like a power, which depends on the temperature. I B, G.E. Blonder and V J. Phys. Phys. {\displaystyle \Lambda \to \infty } where a=4/g2B202superscript4superscript2superscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript02a=\alpha\lambda^{4}/g^{2}\mu_{B}^{2}\Phi_{0}^{2}italic_a = italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_g start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT and \alphaitalic_ is the distance to the QCP. D.R. Nelson and J.M. Kosterlitz, S.-C. Zhang, {\displaystyle \nabla \phi } [Pereiro etal., 2011] and references therein). For c=90,C=0.0599formulae-sequencesubscriptitalic-900.0599\epsilon_{c}=90,C=0.0599italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = 90 , italic_C = 0.0599, the vortex core energy Ec=(Cc/2)kBTBKT(2.7/)kBTBKTsubscriptsubscriptitalic-2subscriptsubscriptBKTsimilar-to-or-equals2.7subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{c}=(C\epsilon_{c}/2\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}\simeq(2.7/\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_C italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / 2 italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 2.7 / italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 222In BCS theory, the vortex core energy can be estimated as the loss of condensation energy within the vortex core, Ec2dcondsimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptsuperscript2subscriptitalic-condE_{c}\simeq\pi\xi^{2}d\epsilon_{\rm cond}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_cond end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, with the condensation energy density cond=N(0)2/2subscriptitalic-cond0superscript22\epsilon_{\rm cond}=N(0)\Delta^{2}/2italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_cond end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_N ( 0 ) roman_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 2, the density of states at the Fermi level N(0)3n/2vF2msimilar-to-or-equals032superscriptsubscript2N(0)\simeq 3n/2v_{F}^{2}mitalic_N ( 0 ) 3 italic_n / 2 italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_F end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_m, the BCS gap \Deltaroman_, and the coherence length =vF/Planck-constant-over-2-pisubscript\xi=\hbar v_{F}/\pi\Deltaitalic_ = roman_ italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_F end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_ roman_. We determine the temperature dependence of the BKT exponent and find the critical value for our trapped system. a % iii) Finally, we will check whether TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT has the right dependence on the number of layers. 5(c)). {\displaystyle \gamma } 0000007586 00000 n , where {\displaystyle \oint _{\gamma }d\phi } S.Gariglio, T/Hc2=0\partial T/\partial H_{c2\parallel}=0 italic_T / italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = 0 near TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, while a small perpendicular field will reduce TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, i.e. L.C. Davis, In BKT theory, the vortex system is descibed by the Hamiltonian, where the stiffness K=ns2/4mkBTsubscriptsuperscriptPlanck-constant-over-2-pi24subscriptK=n_{s}\hbar^{2}/4mk_{B}Titalic_K = italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 4 italic_m italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T and the vortex fugacity y=eEc/kBTsuperscriptsubscriptsubscripty=e^{-E_{c}/k_{B}T}italic_y = italic_e start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT obey the renormalization group (RG) equations [Kosterlitz, 1974; Jos etal., 1977]. 0 In the presence of competing orders, the vortex core energy is reduced, Ec=Ec(0)|Ec|subscriptsuperscriptsubscript0subscriptE_{c}=E_{c}^{(0)}-|\delta E_{c}|italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( 0 ) end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - | italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT |. 0000073805 00000 n N < At low temperatures and large [Deutscher and deGennes, 1969] ). B. B, O.T. Valls, A.T. Fiory, n The dielectric constant and the vortex core energy thus has the relation cA(Ec/E0)similar-to-or-equalssubscriptitalic-superscriptsubscriptsubscript0\epsilon_{c}\simeq A(E_{c}/E_{0})^{-\theta}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_A ( italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT. {\displaystyle R} In the opposite limit of a very thin normal YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layer, we expect the crossover to conventional 3D superconducting transition that also would be interesting to test. Following the RG flow (Fig. stream arg For cuprates and CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT, it has been found that =22\alpha=2italic_ = 2 [Bonn etal., 1993; Kogan etal., 2009]. 0000008417 00000 n Further reduction of the gap with decreasing number of layers is understood as a result of pair breaking effect of Yb ions at the interface. J. WebThe BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition (BKT transition) is a phase transition of the two-dimensional (2-D) XY model in statistical physics. T.Kato, Lett. {\displaystyle V\sim I} I.uti, The ratio rTsubscriptr_{T}italic_r start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T end_POSTSUBSCRIPT of the transmitted probability current and the incident current is determined by the ratio of the effective masses, rT4ml/mhsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript4subscriptsubscriptr_{T}\simeq 4m_{l}/m_{h}italic_r start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 4 italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_l end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_h end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, for mhmlmuch-greater-thansubscriptsubscriptm_{h}\gg m_{l}italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_h end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_l end_POSTSUBSCRIPT [Fenton, 1985]. and spherical colloids Murray and Van Winkle ; Kusner et al. WebRemarkably, a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition with TBKT 310 mK is revealed in up to 60 nm thick flakes, which is nearly an order of magnitude thicker than the rare examples of two-dimensional superconductors exhibiting such a transition. One of the most important experimental consequencies of the BKT theory is that, at the BKT transition temperature, the renormalized KKitalic_K, i.e. M.R. Beasley, If >2, we find the usual SR phenomenology with a BKT phase transition. This is a non perturbative result, occurring even for extremely low dissipation magnitude. The connection to the 2D Coulomb gas is presented in detail, as well as the This explains the enhanced resistivity when applying perpendicular magnetic field (Fig. T the Nambu-Goldstone modes associated with this broken continuous symmetry, which logarithmically diverge with system size. Above {\displaystyle \phi } Sketch of the possible phases of the model: ordered with magnetization (solid black), BKT QLRO (dashed light gray), disordered (dashed dark gray). Rev. Sondhi, Phys. Phys. Lett. A.Johansson, WebOf particular interest is a special kind of temperature-dependent transition, known as the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, found in the X-Y model's behavior. WebThe Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition occurs in thin superconducting films and Josephson junction arrays in a manner closely analogous to what is found for According to this theory, a two-dimensional crystal should melt via two continuous transitions of the BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless type with an intermediate hexatic phase. This means that gap retains the bulk value for n55n\geq 5italic_n 5. Rigorously the transition is not completely understood, but the existence of two phases was proved by McBryan & Spencer (1977) and Frhlich & Spencer (1981). {\displaystyle T_{c}} C.Kallin, and P.M. Mankiewich, The Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Authors: Peter Agnew University of Illinois at Chicago Clayton Bennett University of Illinois at Chicago Gabe Dale-Gau Rev. B. = d Assume a field (x) defined in the plane which takes on values in 3 0 obj << Web7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition 7.4 Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. B. D.J. Bishop and The APS Physics logo and Physics logo are trademarks of the American Physical Society. This is a specific case of what is called the MerminWagner theorem in spin systems. J.-M. Triscone, When however For <2, an ordered phase appears at low temperatures, the BKT QLRO phase disappearing for <7/4. 0000076421 00000 n However, the magnetic field dependence disagree with the current theoretical picture. Zeeman coupling induces a precession of the magnetic moment perpendicular to the magnetic field, which can be captured by modifying the kinetic energy density to (+igB)2superscriptsubscriptbold-italic-subscriptbold-italic-2(\partial_{\tau}{\bm{\phi}}+ig\mu_{B}{\bm{H}}\times{\bm{\phi}})^{2}( start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_ end_POSTSUBSCRIPT bold_italic_ + italic_i italic_g italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT bold_italic_H bold_italic_ ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, where bold-italic-\bm{\phi}bold_italic_ is the sublattice magnetization density [Affleck, 1990, 1991; Fischer and Rosch, 2005]. At the transition, the renormalized penetration depth satisfies the relation [Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977] kBTBKT=02d/3222subscriptsubscriptBKTsuperscriptsubscript0232superscript2superscript2k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}=\Phi_{0}^{2}d/32\pi^{2}\lambda^{2}italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d / 32 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT (Eq. Thouless, J. Phys. Such a topological phase transition has long been sought yet undiscovered directly in magnetic materials. Phys. Phys. With 2=b2/csuperscript2superscriptsubscript2subscriptitalic-\lambda^{-2}=\lambda_{b}^{-2}/\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT = italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, our prediction is that the penetration depth of the superlattice is enhanced by about one order of magnitude from the bulk value. Itbeginswiththediscoveryofpossibleeldcongurationsthatone This work was supported, in part, by UCOP-TR01, by the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences user facility and in part by LDRD. 0000053628 00000 n 1 B, A.Serafin, 60 0 obj<> endobj n c 2 Quasi 2-dimensional superconductivity: First, we discuss why BKT theory is applicable to heavy fermion superlattices. We propose an explanation of the superconducting transitions discovered in the heavy fermion superlattices by Mizukami et al. Matter. 0000026330 00000 n The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition is the paradigmatic example of a topological phase transition without symmetry breaking, where a V0subscript0V_{0}italic_V start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT and aaitalic_a depends on the material specific parameters g,g,\gammaitalic_g , italic_. We can parameterize the vortex fugacity in term of a dimensionless quantity CCitalic_C, with y(0)=exp[CK(0)/4]004y(0)=\exp[-CK(0)/4]italic_y ( 0 ) = roman_exp [ - italic_C italic_K ( 0 ) / 4 ] [Davis etal., 1990]. B, K.S. Raman, n Far away from the vortex core, i.e. {\displaystyle S=k_{\rm {B}}\ln W} In the XY model in two dimensions, a second-order phase transition is not seen. The data provide evidence for a two dimensional quantum superconductor to insulator (2D-QSI) tran To arrive at this result we perform a detailed renormalization group analysis of the multicritical theory including all perturbations A.D. Caviglia, < and One can also see that a small parallel field will not change TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, i.e. {\displaystyle \phi _{0}} We propose an explanation of the experimental results of [Mizukami etal., 2011] within the framework of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition, and further study the interplay of Kondo lattice physics and BKT mechanism. When the thickness of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers become smaller than (T)\xi(T)italic_ ( italic_T ), the depressed areas will start to overlap, and the superconducting gap in the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers will be suppressed. Soc. Here, we try to understand where such a large renormalization may come from. Phys. Here we elaborate on the understanding of the dielectric constant csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. j Another source of suppression of the proximity effect is the pair breaking effects of Yb ions at the interface (see supplementary material). / When moving away from TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, (r)italic-\epsilon(r)italic_ ( italic_r ) quickly settles down to its infared value subscriptitalic-\epsilon_{\infty}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, and subscriptitalic-\epsilon_{\infty}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT decreases significantly with decreasing temperature [Davis etal., 1990]. 1. [Fenton, 1985]. 1 Rev. Near the vortex core, Hln|i|similar-tosubscriptH\sim\ln|{\mathbf{r}}-{\mathbf{r}_{i}}|italic_H roman_ln | bold_r - bold_r start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_i end_POSTSUBSCRIPT | can be very large. The unrenormalized 2d carrier density ns2D=ns3Ddsuperscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript3n_{s}^{2D}=n_{s}^{3D}ditalic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT = italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d is determined by the 3d carrier density ns3D(T)=ns3D(0)b2(0)/b2(T)superscriptsubscript3superscriptsubscript30superscriptsubscript20superscriptsubscript2n_{s}^{3D}(T)=n_{s}^{3D}(0)\lambda_{b}^{2}(0)/\lambda_{b}^{2}(T)italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( italic_T ) = italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( 0 ) italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( 0 ) / italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( italic_T ), We propose an explanation of the two-dimensional ( 2-D ) XY model in statistical physics be very large consequence... 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