High pressure effects revisited for the cuprate superconductor family with highest critical temperature

Ayako Yamamoto; Nao Takeshita; Chieko Terakura; Yoshinori Tokura

doi:10.1038/ncomms9990

High pressure effects revisited for the cuprate superconductor family with highest critical temperature

Ayako Yamamoto, Nao Takeshita, Chieko Terakura, Yoshinori Tokura

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Abstract

How to enhance the superconducting critical temperature (T_c) has been a primary issue since the discovery of superconductivity. The highest T_c reported so far is 166 K in HgBa₂Ca₂Cu₃O_8+δ (Hg1223) at high pressure of 23 GPa, as determined with the reduction onset, but not zero, of resistivity. To clarify the possible condition of the real maximum T_c, it is worth revisiting the effects of pressure on T_c in the highest T_c family. Here we report a systematic study of the pressure dependence of T_c in HgBa₂CaCu₂O_6+δ (Hg1212) and Hg1223 with the doping level from underdoped to overdoped. The T_c with zero resistivity is probed with a cubic-anvil-type apparatus that can produce hydrostatic pressures. Variation, not only increase but also decrease, of T_c in Hg1212 and Hg1223 with pressure strongly depends on the initial doping levels. In particular, we confirm a maximum T_c of 153 K at 22 GPa in slightly underdoped Hg1223.

Original language	English
Article number	8990
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9990
Publication status	Published - 2015 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes

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Yamamoto, A., Takeshita, N., Terakura, C., & Tokura, Y. (2015). High pressure effects revisited for the cuprate superconductor family with highest critical temperature. Nature Communications, 6, [8990]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9990

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