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Electron—phonon Coupling and the Superconducting Phase Diagram of the LaAlO(3)—SrTiO(3) Interface

The superconductor at the LaAlO(3)—SrTiO(3) interface provides a model system for the study of two-dimensional superconductivity in the dilute carrier density limit. Here we experimentally address the pairing mechanism in this superconductor. We extract the electron—phonon spectral function from tun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boschker, Hans, Richter, Christoph, Fillis-Tsirakis, Evangelos, Schneider, Christof W., Mannhart, Jochen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26169351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12309
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Sumario:The superconductor at the LaAlO(3)—SrTiO(3) interface provides a model system for the study of two-dimensional superconductivity in the dilute carrier density limit. Here we experimentally address the pairing mechanism in this superconductor. We extract the electron—phonon spectral function from tunneling spectra and conclude, without ruling out contributions of further pairing channels, that electron—phonon mediated pairing is strong enough to account for the superconducting critical temperatures. Furthermore, we discuss the electron—phonon coupling in relation to the superconducting phase diagram. The electron—phonon spectral function is independent of the carrier density, except for a small part of the phase diagram in the underdoped region. The tunneling measurements reveal that the increase of the chemical potential with increasing carrier density levels off and is zero in the overdoped region of the phase diagram. This indicates that the additionally induced carriers do not populate the band that hosts the superconducting state and that the superconducting order parameter therefore is weakened by the presence of charge carriers in another band.