Structural Inhomogeneity in Oxide Superconductors
Speaker(s):
Martin Greven
Dates:
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 4:00pm
Abstract: Superconductivity has been a major research topic for more than a century, yet in many important materials this macroscopic quantum phenomenon remains poorly understood. We have uncovered that superconductivity emerges in an unusual, yet remarkably universal manner upon cooling in three well-known families of complex oxides – strontium titanate, strontium ruthenate, and the cuprates – for which the origin of superconductivity is thought to differ [1]. This breakthrough was enabled by nonlinear magnetic response measurements, an innovative experimental approach...