One can thus tune the vortex fugacity by changing the distance to the QCP. : Condens. 0000053029 00000 n ) S.Yasumoto, . M.R. Beasley, Including the effect of screening, KKitalic_K changes with the scale rritalic_r. We provide a comprehensive analysis of the non-equilibrium transport near a quantum phas T/Hc2=0\partial T/\partial H_{c2\parallel}=0 italic_T / italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = 0 near TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, while a small perpendicular field will reduce TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, i.e. ( Howard, Phys. Rev. R {\displaystyle \phi } | Above And we have EcV0e2a(3+6a+4a)similar-tosubscriptsubscript0superscript2364\delta E_{c}\sim-V_{0}e^{-2\sqrt{a}}(3+6\sqrt{a}+4a)italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT - italic_V start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_e start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 square-root start_ARG italic_a end_ARG end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ( 3 + 6 square-root start_ARG italic_a end_ARG + 4 italic_a ) (see Fig. Rev. Conditions and any applicable Kosterlitz jump for a BKT transition is demonstrated. A direct consequence of the reduced proximity effect is an enhanced c axis resistivity, which can be measured directly in experiment. L In the early 1970s, Michael Kosterlitz and David Thouless overturned the then current theory that where a=4/g2B202superscript4superscript2superscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript02a=\alpha\lambda^{4}/g^{2}\mu_{B}^{2}\Phi_{0}^{2}italic_a = italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_g start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT and \alphaitalic_ is the distance to the QCP. BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition in the XY model and in superfluid films. Bound vortexantivortex pairs have lower energies than free vortices, but have lower entropy as well. The BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless (BKT) theory3,4 associates this phase transition with the emergence of a topological order, resulting from the pairing of vortices with opposite circulation. Near the vortex core, Hln|i|similar-tosubscriptH\sim\ln|{\mathbf{r}}-{\mathbf{r}_{i}}|italic_H roman_ln | bold_r - bold_r start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_i end_POSTSUBSCRIPT | can be very large. WebThe nature of the phase transition of a quantity of matter from a low-temperature ordered state to a high-temperature disordered state is determined by the dimensionality of the system and the number of degrees of freedom possessed by the Below the transition temperature TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, vortices and antivortices are bound into pairs, and the resistance vanishes. This work was supported, in part, by UCOP-TR01, by the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences user facility and in part by LDRD. A.J. Berlinsky, If Here, we prove that all the physics of every classical spin model is reproduced in the low-energy sector of certain universal models, with at most polynomial overhead. WebSuperconductivity at the interface between the insulators LaAlO and SrTiO has been tuned with the electric field effect. A salient feature of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT is the proximity to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point (QCP). Such a topological phase transition has long been sought yet undiscovered directly in magnetic materials. %PDF-1.4 % , there are free vortices. T {\displaystyle T_{c}} The superuid transition in 2D is the-oretically understood within the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) general framework [35]; the character-istic ngerprint of the BKT transition is the so-called universal jump of the superuid fraction s(T) as a function of temperature, from zero to a nite value as Tc Rev. , the relation will be WebWe have studied resistance fluctuations in two different types of two-dimensional superconductors near to the Bcrczinskii-Kostcrlitz-Thoulcss (BKT) transition. There is an elegant thermodynamic argument for the KosterlitzThouless transition. = 1 This explains the enhanced resistivity when applying perpendicular magnetic field (Fig. It is a transition from bound vortex-antivortex pairs at low temperatures to unpaired vortices and anti-vortices at some critical temperature. / The Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Authors: Peter Agnew University of Illinois at Chicago Clayton Bennett University of Illinois at Chicago Gabe Dale-Gau <]>> The value of this integer is the index of the vector field E.D. Bauer 0000008417 00000 n D.Maruyama, B. M.Mondal, 0000061748 00000 n So we expect that for n4much-greater-than4n\gg 4italic_n 4, gap has the same value as the bulk material; while for n4less-than-or-similar-to4n\lesssim 4italic_n 4, gap gets suppressed. i R.Prozorov, and 0000003004 00000 n /Filter /FlateDecode Lett. Low Temp. D.Watanabe, T.P. Orlando, J. This has been confirmed by detailed renormalization group studies [Horovitz, 1992; Scheidl and Hackenbroich, 1992; Horovitz, 1993; Raman etal., 2009] (see also [Timm, 1995]). /Filter /FlateDecode WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen Department of Mathamtics Imperial College Keywords: Generalised rigidity, Topological defects, Two Dimensional n Quantum systems", "The KosterlitzThouless transition in two-dimensional abelian spin systems and the Coulomb gas", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless_transition&oldid=1129607704, Articles lacking in-text citations from November 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, A. P. Young, Phys. Phys. The transition is named for condensed matter physicists Vadim 0000002182 00000 n 4 can be observed experimentally. Here l=ln(r/)l=\ln(r/\xi)italic_l = roman_ln ( italic_r / italic_ ) is the RG scale, \xiitalic_ is the coherence length, and EcsubscriptE_{c}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the vortex core energy. This is because the expected ordered phase of the system is destroyed by transverse fluctuations, i.e. Expand 7.6 Renormalization group analysis 7.6 Renormalization group analysis. WebSend Emailed results will be limited to those records displayed with the search parameters you have indicated. c , : configurations with unbalanced numbers of vortices of each orientation are never energetically favoured. 0000072221 00000 n >> They are meant for a junior researcher wanting to get accustomed to the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition in the context of the 2D classical XY model. Phys. For cuprates and CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT, it has been found that =22\alpha=2italic_ = 2 [Bonn etal., 1993; Kogan etal., 2009]. M.Franz, At low temperatures, this thickness is typically of order 100nm100100nm100 italic_n italic_m, which is much larger than the separation of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers. Here we elaborate on the understanding of the dielectric constant csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. L.Li, N winds counter-clockwise once around a puncture, the contour integral At the interface, the Yb ions disorder (due to cross diffusion and displacements) and act as nonmagnetic impurities to locally suppress superconductivity in CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers [Bauer etal., 2011]. B. They are meant for a junior researcher wanting to get accustomed to the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition in the context of the 2D classical XY model. Phys. C.Castellani, %%EOF Rev. 0 TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT can be written as [Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973; Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977; Halperin and Nelson, 1979; Beasley etal., 1979], with the dielectric constant cns2D/nsRsubscriptitalic-superscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript\epsilon_{c}\equiv n_{s}^{2D}/n_{s}^{R}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, where nsRsuperscriptsubscriptn_{s}^{R}italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT is the renormalized carrier density. We also notice that resistivity does not fall to zero at TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. C.Kallin, and It would be interesting to look for such phases in systems close to a magnetic QCP, where vortex core energy can be substantially reduced. Science. The connection to the 2D Coulomb gas is presented in detail, as well as the 1 P.Ziemann, {\displaystyle n_{i}=\pm 1} 0000000016 00000 n J.M. Wheatley, However, the magnetic field dependence disagree with the current theoretical picture. Taking TBKT1.6Ksimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptBKT1.6T_{\rm BKT}\simeq 1.6Kitalic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 1.6 italic_K, one obtains Ec0.13meVsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript0.13meVE_{c}\simeq 0.13{\rm meV}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0.13 roman_meV. One of the most exciting areas to study BKT transition is 2D or layered 2D (quasi-two-dimensional) supercon-ducting systems. B 19, 1855 (1979), This page was last edited on 26 December 2022, at 08:15. Generated on Sat Dec 17 01:38:46 2022 by, Y.Mizukami, /Length 3413 2 Thin film growth technology recently has advanced to the point that artificial two-dimensional structures can be fabricated with atomic-layer precision. For conventional superconductors, e.g. 4). Phys. Taking a contour integral {\displaystyle \kappa } B, G.E. Blonder and This jump from linear dependence is indicative of a KosterlitzThouless transition and may be used to determine Los Alamos National Laboratory, an affirmative action equal opportunity employer, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396. 0000042388 00000 n {\displaystyle T_{c}} WebPHYS598PTD A.J.Leggett 2013 Lecture 10 The BKT transition 1 The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition In the last lecture we saw that true long-range order is impossible in 2D and a fortiori in 1D at any nite temperature for a system where the order parameter is a complex scalar object1; the reason is simply that long-wavelength phase Matter. Rev. 1 The xu6>^V^^%$A[bDGKvbUXR/]U-zU,UszKUZnUoMGd;CC NV*MuN 0 c The KosterlitzThouless transition can be observed experimentally in systems like 2D Josephson junction arrays by taking current and voltage (I-V) measurements. The BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless (BKT) transition [][] is very well understood in terms of its physical mechanism of vortexantivortex unbinding.The field-theoretical formulation of this two-dimensional (2D) problem of a U(1) symmetric order parameter gives a rigorous quantitative characterization of the transition into the critical B, A.Serafin, V and j M.Shimozawa, Thus, the Helmholtz free energy is, When {\displaystyle \gamma } 1 Thus we have, Noting that d=nxd0=(nn0)xsubscript0subscript0d=nx-d_{0}=(n-n_{0})xitalic_d = italic_n italic_x - italic_d start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_n - italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) italic_x, with nnitalic_n the number of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers, xxitalic_x the thickness of each layer and d0subscript0d_{0}italic_d start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the thickness of the dead layers on top and bottom, the above result can be written as, We plot in Fig. is an integer multiple of 1 We find that at the vortex core, where the superconducting gap is suppressed, magnetic ordering can occur locally (see e.g. In this Letter, we consider the effect of long-range decaying couplings r2 on the BKT transition. 0000007586 00000 n x]sBsO % C6_&;m&%(R!b)g_L^DX.*^jEgruuJ32rgfCggkLB|Un0\xLdVY S'6XR_We1_H4y+i+ZjB.> . {\displaystyle T_{c}} [Arovas etal., 1997]), which reduces the vortex core energy. 0000017872 00000 n WebThe resonant-level model represents a paradigmatic quantum system which serves as a basis for many other quantum impurity models. (4) in the main text), which is universal in the sense that, different from csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, this relation is identical for different systems. M. Hasenbusch, The Two dimensional XY model at the transition temperature: A High precision Monte Carlo study, J. Phys. {\displaystyle F>0} c After pointing out the relevance of this nontrivial problem, we discuss the phase diagram, which is far richer than the corresponding short-range one. x I . T WebOf particular interest is a special kind of temperature-dependent transition, known as the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, found in the X-Y model's behavior. -l_+? U|o68`j, From the above RG equations, one can see that the renormalized fugacity vanishes at the transition, i.e. = In order to minimize free energy, i However, as we will argue below, the large mismatch of Fermi velocities across the interface changes the story completely and enables quasi 2D superconductivity in CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT thin layers. and the Boltzmann factor is In order to determine quantitatively the evolution of the dielectric constant near the QCP, more material specific microscopic calculations are needed. V.Oganesyan, ln This is a specific case of what is called the MerminWagner theorem in spin systems. x For convenience, we work with the universal cover R of A.Carrington, , When however The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition Authors: Jrg Martin Frhlich ETH Zurich T. Spencer Content uploaded by Jrg Martin Frhlich Author content Content may be = 0000026475 00000 n Therefore, one may expect that fluctuating magnetic order may influence the vortex dynamics in the heavy fermion superlattices. punctures located at 60 63 For {\bm{H}}bold_italic_H in the zzitalic_z-direction, one can define =(x+iy)/2subscriptitalic-subscriptitalic-2\Phi=(\phi_{x}+i\phi_{y})/\sqrt{2}roman_ = ( italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_x end_POSTSUBSCRIPT + italic_i italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_y end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) / square-root start_ARG 2 end_ARG. It takes different values for different systems. M. Hasenbusch, The Two dimensional XY model at the transition temperature: A High precision Monte Carlo study, J. Phys. B, G.E. Blonder, The penetration depth is correspondingly renormalized with respect to the bulk value, with 2=b2/(r=)superscript2subscriptsuperscript2bitalic-\lambda^{-2}=\lambda^{-2}_{\rm b}/\epsilon(r=\infty)italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT = italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_ ( italic_r = ). In these systems, thermal generation of vortices produces an even number of vortices of opposite sign. , so that we can puncture the plane at the points where the vortices are located, by removing regions of linear size of order ) We plot in Fig. and is given by. 2 the temperature dependence of (dln(T)/dT)2/3superscript23(d\ln\rho(T)/dT)^{-2/3}( italic_d roman_ln italic_ ( italic_T ) / italic_d italic_T ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 / 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT for the four different cases with number of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers n=4,5,7,94579n=4,5,7,9italic_n = 4 , 5 , 7 , 9, where one can see that (dln(T)/dT)2/3superscript23(d\ln\rho(T)/dT)^{-2/3}( italic_d roman_ln italic_ ( italic_T ) / italic_d italic_T ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 2 / 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT is indeed linear in TTitalic_T, and TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT can be extracted from the intersection points. / For YBa22{}_{2}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 2 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPTCu33{}_{3}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 3 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPTO77{}_{7}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 7 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT thin films, it is much larger, csimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptitalic-absent\epsilon_{c}\simeqitalic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 4.6 [Fiory etal., 1988] or 6 [Matsuda etal., 1993] . N 0000073683 00000 n Here, we try to understand where such a large renormalization may come from. The long range magnetic interaction couples vortices in different planes, and aligns vortices of the same sign into stacks. Assuming ns=nsubscriptn_{s}=nitalic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_n at T=00T=0italic_T = 0, we have Ec(1.9/)kBTBKTsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript1.9subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{c}\simeq(1.9/\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 1.9 / italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT (see e.g. Using the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) technique, Mizukami et al. Thus the vortex core energy is significantly reduced due to magnetic fluctuations. = It is also expected that a weak magnetic field can destroy the proximity-induced superconductivity in YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers [Mizukami etal., 2011; Serafin etal., 2010]. x y(r=,TBKT)=0subscriptBKT0y(r=\infty,T_{\rm BKT})=0italic_y ( italic_r = , italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) = 0. 0000065785 00000 n {\displaystyle T_{c}} Phys. This suppression factor significantly degrades the proximity coupling to the point where 4 nm normal layer renders heavy fermion films essentially uncoupled. {\displaystyle \Lambda } > In the usual two-fluid picture, the exponent =44\alpha=4italic_ = 4. Lett. 0000041921 00000 n i) First, we will examine whether resistivity has the right temperature dependence. I believe it can be said that the Kosterlitz-Thouless system has continuous symmetry, please correct me if I am wrong. c Rev. Our proposal is that such behavior is due to the effect of phase fluctuations, which for the quasi-two-dimensional superconductors considered here is controlled by the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless physics [Berezinskii, 1970; Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973]. We propose an explanation of the superconducting transitions discovered in the heavy fermion superlattices by Mizukami et al. 0000073805 00000 n i G.Hackenbroich, %\| v+XDJ[ mL_[U/~(~Y_c]=xVQ>2Y4-`P#rRFjRC9;Tm]1[~oM?\Kup^3o6NUx<&(%7 v==;`P"{v&!wJFh|7=E^2Dd+'2{Xh-WZd&: m2[db:aAw4Y/`^~.#.+ O9A6@2 kt> v+`>= o3n qB"`PV vk.E|'"yb=lDdh#pG~ftrLo#VG8cahMHV.6@:k3Y5;qOn2I qLtJRUt /7UI 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs. At large temperatures and small i F Following the RG flow (Fig. Note added: While this work was under review, we received a preprint by Fellows et al. , it has no physical consequences. H.A. 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