Emergent Transition for Superconducting Fluctuations in Antiferromagnetic Ruthenocuprates

TL;DR

This study reveals a low-doping transition to superconducting fluctuations within antiferromagnetic ruthenocuprates, supporting bosonic models of superconductivity through magnetoresistance measurements.

Contribution

It identifies a well-defined transition at very low doping levels, demonstrating intrinsic electronic inhomogeneity in ruthenocuprates and advancing understanding of superconducting mechanisms.

Findings

Superconducting fluctuations emerge at doping level pc = 0.0084

Transition occurs deep within the antiferromagnetic phase

Results support bosonic models of superconductivity

Abstract

The emergence of carrier-pairing from the electronically inhomogeneous phase of lightly hole-doped copper oxides has been investigated through magnetoresistance measurements on 1222-type ruthenocuprates RuSr2(R,Ce)2Cu2O10-d, principally with R = Gd, Sm, Nd. A well-defined transition at which superconducting fluctuations emerge is discovered at a remarkably low critical doping, pc = 0.0084, deep within the antiferromagnetic phase. Systematic variations of the low temperature fluctuation density with doping and cell volume demonstrate the intrinsic nature of the electronic inhomogeneity and provide new support for bosonic models of the superconducting mechanism.