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We study the emergence of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phases in (PbTiO$_3$)$_3$/(SrTiO$_3$)$_3$ superlattices by means of second-principles simulations. Beyond a threshold tensile epitaxial strain of $\epsilon = 0.25 \%$ the local…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-07-21 Fernando Gómez-Ortiz , Pablo García-Fernández , Juan M. López , Javier Junquera

One of the hallmarks of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in two-dimensional (2D) superconductors is the universal jump of the superfluid density, that can be indirectly probed via the non-linear exponent of the…

The Berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is a unique two dimensional phase transition, separating two phases with exponentially and power-law decaying correlations, respectively. In disordered systems, these correlations propagate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-11-22 Amir Erez , Yigal Meir

We analyze numerically how the voltage-current (V-I) characteristics near the so-called Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition of 2D superconductors are affected by a random spatial Gaussian distribution of critical temperature…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-27 Noelia Coton , Manuel V. Ramallo , Felix Vidal

We study the statistical mechanics of two-dimensional "super-Coulombic" plasmas, namely, neutral plasmas with power-law interactions longer-ranged than Coulomb. To that end, we employ numerically exact large-scale Monte Carlo simulations.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-30 Ayush De , Leo Radzihovsky , Snir Gazit

Intriguing phases may emerge when two-dimensional systems are coupled in a bilayer configuration. In particular, a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) paired superfluid phase was predicted and claimed to be numerically observed in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-14 Tianning Xiao , Youjin Deng , Xiao-Yu Dong

In this paper, the influence of an in-plane magnetic field B_\parallel on the finite-temperature phase transitions in nu=2 bilayer quantum Hall systems are examined. It is found that there can exist two types of finite-temperature phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Min-Fong Yang , Ming-Che Chang

The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in ultra-thin NbN films is investigated in the presence of weak perpendicular magnetic fields. A jump in the phase stiffness at the BKT transition is detected up to 5 G, while the BKT…

Fundamental properties of the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii (KTB) transition which occurs in systems in the universality class of the two-dimensional X-Y model are reviewed here with an emphasis on the real-space renormalization group…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 Stephen W. Pierson

The superfluid to normal fluid transition of dipolar bosons in two dimensions is studied throughout the whole density range using path integral Monte Carlo simulations and summarized in the phase diagram. While at low densities, we find…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. V. Filinov , N. V. Prokof'ev , M. Bonitz

We investigate the possibility that Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), loaded on a 2D optical lattice, undergo - at finite temperature - a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition. We show that - in an experimentally attainable range…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Trombettoni , A. Smerzi , P. Sodano

We demonstrate that a machine learning technique with a simple feedforward neural network can sensitively detect two successive phase transitions associated with the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase in q-state clock models…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-08-13 Yusuke Miyajima , Yusuke Murata , Yasuhiro Tanaka , Masahito Mochizuki

The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in magnetic system is an intriguing phenomena and an accurate estimation of the BKT transition temperature has been a long-standing problem. In this work we explore the anisotropic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-05-31 Sumit Haldar , Sk Saniur Rahaman , Manoranjan Kumar

The quantum XY model shows a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition between a phase with quasi long-range order and a disordered one, like the corresponding classical model. The effect of the quantum fluctuations is to weaken the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Luca Capriotti , Alessandro Cuccoli , Andrea Fubini , Valerio Tognetti , Ruggero Vaia

B-T phase diagram and phase transitions of interlayer Josephson vortices are investigated. For magnetic fields above a critical value, we find a Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) type intermediate phase characterized by in-plane two-dimensional,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Xiao Hu , Masashi Tachiki

Numerical simulations of the full quantum properties of interacting many-body systems by means of field-theoretic Monte-Carlo techniques are often limited due to a sign problem. Here we simulate properties of a dilute two-dimensional Bose…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-02-26 Philipp Heinen , Thomas Gasenzer

We report a light-driven non-equilibrium vortex Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in a superconductor. We use a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model to demonstrate vortex-antivortex deconfinement via light induced fields. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-28 Tien-Tien Yeh , Evan Wilson , Mikael Fogelström , Alexander Balatsky

The presence of stable topological defects in a two-dimensional (\textit{d} = 2) liquid crystal model allowing molecular reorientations in three dimensions (\textit{n} = 3) was largely believed to induce defect-mediated…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-11-28 B. Kamala Latha , V. S. S. Sastry

We investigate the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in a semiconductor-superconductor two-dimensional Josephson junction array. Tuned by an electrostatic top gate, the system exhibits separate superconducting (S), anomalous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 C. G. L. Bøttcher , F. Nichele , J. Shabani , C. J. Palmstrøm , C. M. Marcus

Characterizing the superconducting and superfluid transitions in two-dimensional (2D) many-body systems is of broad interest and remains a fundamental issue. In this study, we establish the {\it condensate fraction} as a highly effective…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-26 Yuan-Yao He