High magnetic field response of superconductivity dome in quantum artificial <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>high</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>−</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml
It is known that cuprate artificial high- <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <a:msub> <a:mi>T</a:mi> <a:mi>C</a:mi> </a:msub> </a:math> superlattices (AHTS) with period <b:math xmlns:b="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <b:mi>d</b:mi> </b:math> , composed of quantum wells confining interface space charge in stoichiometric Mott insulator layers ( <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <c:mrow> <c:mi>S</c:mi> </c:mrow> </c:math> ), with thickness <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <d:mrow> <d:mi>L</d:mi> </d:mrow> </d:math> , at the interface with overdoped normal metallic cuprate layers ( <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <e:mrow> <e:mi>N</e:mi> </e:mrow> </e:math> ) show a superconducting dome by tuning the geometric <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <f:mrow> <f:mi>L</f:mi> </f:mrow> </f:math> over <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <g:mi>d</g:mi> </g:math> ratio of the SNSN superlattice with the top predicted by quantum material design engineering quantum size effects. Here we report high-field magnetotransport measurements up to 41 Tesla of AHTS across the entire superconducting dome. The results show the universal upward-concave behavior of the temperature-dependent upper critical magnetic field in low- <h:math xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <h:msub> <h:mi>T</h:mi> <h:mi>C</h:mi> </h:msub> </h:math> samples at the rising edge and drop edge of the dome, providing strong evidence consistent with two-band superconductivity in agreement with multigap theory used for quantum design of the SNSN superlattices. The measured superconducting coherence length demonstrates that atomic-scale engineering controls not only the critical temperature but also the intrinsic pair size at Fano-Feshbach resonances physics paving the way toward next-generation quantum devices and shedding light on unconventional superconductivity.
Authors
- Andrea Alimenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4459-6147)
- G. Alexander Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-1328)
- Luis Balicas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-0293)
- Gaetano Campi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9845-9394)
- Sang‐Eon Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7827-6117)
- Gennady Logvenov
- Fedor F. Balakirev
- Antonio Bianconi
Institutions
- Florida State University (US)
- Roma Tre University (IT)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (IT)
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (DE)
- Rome International Center for Materials Science (IT)
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Materials
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/b858-n91p
- Primary Topic
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Center for Neuroscience Research