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The Higgs mode associated with amplitude fluctuations of the superconducting gap in uniform superconductors usually is heavy, which makes its excitation and detection difficult. We report on the existence of a gapless Higgs mode in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-10-28 Zhao Huang , C. S. Ting , Jian-Xin Zhu , Shi-Zeng Lin

All non-interacting two-dimensional electronic systems are expected to exhibit an insulating ground state. This conspicuous absence of the metallic phase has been challenged only in the case of low-disorder, low density, semiconducting…

We investigate the evolution of superconductivity with decreasing film thickness in ultrathin amorphous MoGe (a-MoGe) films using a combination of sub-Kelvin scanning tunneling spectroscopy, magnetic penetration depth measurements and…

In superconductors (SC), the Higgs amplitude mode is a coherent oscillation of the order parameter typically generated by THz laser irradiation. In this paper we propose to probe the Higgs mode using electronic transport in ballistic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 Pierre Vallet , Jérôme Cayssol

The emergence of carrier-pairing from the electronically inhomogeneous phase of lightly hole-doped copper oxides has been investigated through magnetoresistance measurements on 1222-type ruthenocuprates RuSr2(R,Ce)2Cu2O10-d, principally…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-27 A. C. Mclaughlin , J. P. Attfield

We report the discovery of superconductivity in Nb$_3$Pd$_{x}$Se$_7$ with a $x$-dependent superconducting transition-temperature as high as $T_c \simeq 2.1 $ K for $x \simeq0.7$ (middle point of the resistive transition). Needle-like single…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-07-16 Q. Zhang , D. Rhodes , B. Zeng , T. Besara , T. Siegrist , M. D. Johannes , L. Balicas

Quantum interference phenomena in superconductors, such as Josephson interference and Little-Parks oscillations, serve as powerful probes of phase coherence, symmetry breaking and vortex dynamics. However, they are typically observed in…

Typically the superconducting phase weakens at several points with the increase in disorder before it is distroyed in the 2d-thin films. This may lead to an inhomogeneous superconducting state without a continuous phase. Here we present…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-08-19 P. Kulkarni , S. Vieira , J. Rodrigo , M. R. Baklanov , T. Baturina , V. Vinokur

The proximity effect in hybrid superconducting - normal metal structures is shown to affect strongly the coherent oscillations of the superconducting order parameter $\Delta$ known as the Higgs modes. The standard Higgs mode at the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-09-18 V. L. Vadimov , I. M. Khaymovich , A. S. Mel'nikov

The dynamics of Higgs mode in superconductors, manifested as coherent oscillations of the superconducting order parameter amplitude, provides vital insights into the nature of the superconducting gap structure and symmetry. Here we utilize…

Competing phenomena in low dimensional systems can generate exotic electronic phases, either through symmetry breaking or a non-trivial topology. In two-dimensional (2D) systems, the interplay between superfluidity, disorder and repulsive…

By applying a microscopic gauge-invariant kinetic theory in $d$-wave superconductors, we analytically derive the energy spectra of the breathing Higgs mode and, in particular, rotating Higgs mode that is unique for the $d$-wave order…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-27 F. Yang , M. W. Wu

It is shown that the transition to the low temperature superconducting state in a 3D metal at high magnetic field is smeared dramatically by thermal fluctuation of the superconducting order parameter. The resulting superconducting-to-normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 T. Maniv , V. Zhuravlev

The fluctuation-diamagnetism (FD) above the superconducting transition was measured in 2H-NbSe2 single crystals. The moderate uniaxial anisotropy of this compound, and some experimental improvements, allowed to measure the superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 F. Soto , H. Berger , L. Cabo , C. Carballeira , J. Mosqueira , D. Pavuna , F. Vidal

The stability of the superconducting dissipationless and resistive states in single-crystalline NbSe2 nanobelts is characterized by transport measurements in an external magnetic field (H). Current-driven electrical measurements show…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 Abram Falk , Mandar M. Deshmukh , Amy L. Prieto , Jeffrey J. Urban , Andrea Jonas , Hongkun Park

When the electron density of highly crystalline thin films is tuned by chemical doping or ionic liq- uid gating, interesting effects appear including unconventional superconductivity, sizeable spin-orbit coupling, competition with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-19 G. Dezi , N. Scopigno , S. Caprara , M. Grilli

The anomalous metal state (AMS), observed in failed superconductors, provides insights into superconductivity and quantum criticality, with studies revealing unconventional quantum phases like the Bose metal. Recently, layered transition…

We report observations of Higgs modes in superconducting Titanium nanostructures at very low temperature. They appear as anomalies in the microwave complex impedance of the samples revealed by the presence of a dc supercurrent. By varying…

Superconducting topological materials have generated considerable interest in condensed matter research due to their unusual gap structures and topological properties. In this study, we have investigated the normal and superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-04-26 C. Patra , T. Agarwal , Rajeshwari R. Chowdhury , R. P. Singh

We report the electronic properties of superconductivity in the topological nodal-line semimetal PbTaSe$_2$. Angle-resolved photoemission measurements accompanied by band calculations confirmed the nodal-line band structure in the normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-02-24 Cheng-Long Zhang , Zhujun Yuan , Guang Bian , Su-Yang Xu , Xiao Zhang , M. Zahid Hasan , Shuang Jia