Hyperuniform patterns nucleated at low temperatures: Insight from vortex matter imaged in unprecedentedly large fields-of-view

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that large-scale two-dimensional hyperuniform patterns can be nucleated in vortex matter of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 using low-temperature vortex structures as templates, advancing the fabrication of hyperuniform devices.

Contribution

It provides experimental evidence that low-temperature vortex structures can serve as templates to nucleate extensive hyperuniform patterns in superconducting materials.

Findings

Hyperuniform patterns can be nucleated at large scales in vortex matter.

Low-temperature vortex structures act as effective templates.

This method enables the fabrication of hyperuniform device components.

Abstract

Hyperuniform patterns present enhanced physical properties that make them the new generation of cutting-edge technological devices. Synthesizing devices with tens of thousands of components arranged in a hyperuniform fashion has thus become a breakthrough to achieve in order to implement these technologies. Here we provide evidence that extended two-dimensional hyperuniform patterns spanning tens of thousands of components can be nucleated using as a template the low-temperature vortex structure obtained in pristine Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 samples after following a field-cooling protocol.