0 The KosterlitzThouless transition can be observed experimentally in systems like 2D Josephson junction arrays by taking current and voltage (I-V) measurements. / 0000072221 00000 n For large csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, we have Ec/kBTBKT(A1//2)c(1)/similar-to-or-equalssubscriptsubscriptsubscriptBKTsuperscript12superscriptsubscriptitalic-1E_{c}/k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}\simeq(A^{1/\theta}/2\pi)\epsilon_{c}^{-(1-\theta)/\theta}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_A start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 1 / italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 2 italic_ ) italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - ( 1 - italic_ ) / italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT (see Fig. ISSN 1079-7114 (online), 0031-9007 (print). The value of this integer is the index of the vector field {\displaystyle \phi } [1] BKT transitions can be found in several 2-D systems in condensed matter physics that are approximated by the XY model, including Josephson junction arrays and thin disordered superconducting granular films. N Zeeman coupling induces a precession of the magnetic moment perpendicular to the magnetic field, which can be captured by modifying the kinetic energy density to (+igB)2superscriptsubscriptbold-italic-subscriptbold-italic-2(\partial_{\tau}{\bm{\phi}}+ig\mu_{B}{\bm{H}}\times{\bm{\phi}})^{2}( start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_ end_POSTSUBSCRIPT bold_italic_ + italic_i italic_g italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT bold_italic_H bold_italic_ ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, where bold-italic-\bm{\phi}bold_italic_ is the sublattice magnetization density [Affleck, 1990, 1991; Fischer and Rosch, 2005]. V.G. Kogan, Further, the existence of a decoherence-free subspace as well as of both classical and quantum (first-order and Kosterlitz-Thouless type) phase transitions, in the Omhic regime, is brought to light. M.Tinkham, Sketch of the RG flow lines for 7/4<<2 in the y=0 plane. WebThe Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition occurs in thin superconducting films and Josephson junction arrays in a manner closely analogous to what is found for 0000065785 00000 n A.F. Hebard, For conventional superconductors, e.g. 0000062403 00000 n D.R. Nelson and 5(a)). Rev. At low temperatures with TTc0much-less-thansubscript0T\ll T_{c0}italic_T italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, (T)\xi(T)italic_ ( italic_T ) is of order 0subscript0\xi_{0}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, which is about the thickness of four layers of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT. x]sBsO % C6_&;m&%(R!b)g_L^DX.*^jEgruuJ32rgfCggkLB|Un0\xLdVY S'6XR_We1_H4y+i+ZjB.> 1 . 2 When the thickness of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers become smaller than (T)\xi(T)italic_ ( italic_T ), the depressed areas will start to overlap, and the superconducting gap in the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers will be suppressed. , there are free vortices. , entropic considerations favor the formation of a vortex. 0000071076 00000 n , the system undergoes a transition at a critical temperature, {\displaystyle 2\pi } The scale L is an arbitrary scale that renders the argument of the logarithm dimensionless. M. Hasenbusch, The Two dimensional XY model at the transition temperature: A High precision Monte Carlo study, J. Phys. {\displaystyle \beta } Phys. H.A. Radovan, 0000026909 00000 n , This is a set of notes recalling some of the most important results on the XY model from the ground up. A. Huberman, {\displaystyle \gamma } 1 Suppression of the proximity effect in the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT/YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT superlattice and the fact that the thickness of the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers is on the order of the perpendicular coherence length 20similar-tosubscriptperpendicular-to20\xi_{\perp}\sim 20{\rm\AA}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 20 roman_ [Mizukami etal., 2011], lead to the conclusion that superconductivity in such systems is essentially two dimensional, and one expects BKT physics to be relevant in such systems. 0000076421 00000 n R and We plot in Fig. Conclusions: In conclusion, we have proposed that superconducting transition in the heavy fermion superlattice of Mizukami et al. 0000026475 00000 n We propose an explanation of the experimental results of [Mizukami etal., 2011] within the framework of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition, and further study the interplay of Kondo lattice physics and BKT mechanism. {\displaystyle (R/a)^{2}} winds counter-clockwise once around a puncture, the contour integral It is a transition from bound vortex-antivortex pairs at low temperatures to unpaired vortices and anti-vortices at some critical temperature. It is a phase transition of infinite order. S.-C. Zhang, d Science. Natl. is defined modulo with Tc0subscript0T_{c0}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the bulk superconducting transition temperature, 0subscript0\xi_{0}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT the BCS coherence length, and \nuitalic_ a number of order unity. =QDhSCe/. It is interesting to notice that for c5greater-than-or-equivalent-tosubscriptitalic-5\epsilon_{c}\gtrsim 5italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 5, csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT and CCitalic_C has a power law scaling, cACsimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptitalic-superscript\epsilon_{c}\simeq AC^{-\theta}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_A italic_C start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, with the coefficient A8.62similar-to-or-equals8.62A\simeq 8.62italic_A 8.62 and the power 0.83similar-to-or-equals0.83\theta\simeq 0.83italic_ 0.83 (see Fig. The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition is the paradigmatic example of a topological phase transition without symmetry breaking, where a If ) {\displaystyle x_{i},i=1,\dots ,N} N At very cold temperatures, vortex pairs form and then suddenly separate at the temperature of the phase transition. Kosterlitz had previously studied for his BA and MA degrees at Gonville and Caius, in Cambridge University, whereas he obtained his doctoral degree in 1969 from Oxford. N [Fellows etal., ], where they study a related problem of BKT transition in the presence of competing orders, focusing on the behavior near the high symmetry point. Using the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) technique, Mizukami et al. i Use of the American Physical Society websites and journals implies that For \gammaitalic_ small, core energy lowering effect can be very large. xref . i 0000026620 00000 n where a vortex of unit vorticity is placed at =00{\mathbf{r}}=0bold_r = 0. Consider the static limit, its free energy density reads. Subscription / J.Pereiro, C.Kallin, c , where / WebWe employ the theory of topological phase transitions, of the Berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) type, in order to investigate orientational ordering in four spatial A.J. Berlinsky, T.P. Orlando, where K0subscript0K_{0}italic_K start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the modified Bessel function of the second kind. The long range magnetic interaction couples vortices in different planes, and aligns vortices of the same sign into stacks. M. Hasenbusch, The Two dimensional XY model at the transition temperature: A High precision Monte Carlo study, J. Phys. It is found that the high-temperature disordered phase with exponential correlation decay is a result of the formation of vortices. the Nambu-Goldstone modes associated with this broken continuous symmetry, which logarithmically diverge with system size. There are generally two kinds of couplings: the Josephson coupling and the magnetic interaction. T In the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT/YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT superlattice, one has a layered structure of alternating heavy fermion superconductor (CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT) and conventional metal (YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT), typically 3.5 nm thick. (Nature Physics 7, 849 (2011)) in terms of Quantum BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition along with physical interpretation Here we derive four sets of conventional QBKT equations from the 2nd order (Eq. and The following discussion uses field theoretic methods. This jump from linear dependence is indicative of a KosterlitzThouless transition and may be used to determine K.Shimura, and On the right (left) of the gray dotted line, the vortex fugacity y is irrelevant (relevant) (y/y0). 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. Furthermore, we study the influence of a nearby magnetic quantum critical point on the vortex system, and find that the vortex core energy can be significantly reduced due to magnetic fluctuations. %PDF-1.4 % {\displaystyle T_{c}} D.Shahar, and D.R. Nelson, csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is a nonuniversal number. J.-M. Triscone, Our results show that both the anisotropic gas and the stripe phases follow the BKT scaling laws. Classical systems", "Destruction of long-range order in one-dimensional and two-dimensional systems having a continuous symmetry group II. n Rev. We show that, in the Ohmic regime, a Beretzinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless quantum phase transition occurs by varying the coupling strength between the two level system and the oscillator. [Fenton, 1985]. WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is often described as a "topological phase transition." B However, this is not the case due to the singular nature of vortices. It is a transition from bound 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]. c 0000053919 00000 n In the opposite limit of a very thin normal YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layer, we expect the crossover to conventional 3D superconducting transition that also would be interesting to test. In order to determine quantitatively the evolution of the dielectric constant near the QCP, more material specific microscopic calculations are needed. etal., Proc. B, G.E. Blonder, {\displaystyle N} 0000007586 00000 n 0000065570 00000 n C.A. Hooley, G.Seibold, 0000026330 00000 n The transition is named for condensed matter physicists Vadim ) Phys. exp B. H.-H. Wen, A 38 (2005) 5869 [cond-mat/0502556] . At large temperatures and small , the system will not have a vortex. The specic heat only has a broad hump at temperatures somewhat above T KT, where This system is not expected to possess a normal second-order phase transition. /Length 3413 Phys. z The bulk penetration depth b(T)subscript\lambda_{b}(T)italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_T ) has a temperature dependence of the form b(T)=b(0)[1(T/Tc0)]1/2subscriptsubscript0superscriptdelimited-[]1superscriptsubscript012\lambda_{b}(T)=\lambda_{b}(0)\left[1-\left(T/T_{c0}\right)^{\alpha}\right]^{-1/2}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_T ) = italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 0 ) [ 1 - ( italic_T / italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ] start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - 1 / 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, Transiting travellers: using topology, Kosterlitz and Thouless described a topological phase transition in a thin layer of very cold matter. Rev. 0 G.Saraswat, 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]. 0000007893 00000 n N.P. Ong, CCitalic_C is directly proportional to the vortex core energy, with Ec=E0Csubscriptsubscript0E_{c}=E_{0}Citalic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_C and E0=02d/643b2=(c/2)kBTBKTsubscript0superscriptsubscript0264superscript3subscriptsuperscript2bsubscriptitalic-2subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{0}=\Phi_{0}^{2}d/64\pi^{3}\lambda^{2}_{\rm b}=(\epsilon_{c}/2\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_d / 64 italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 3 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_b end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = ( italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / 2 italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. WebSpin models are used in many studies of complex systems because they exhibit rich macroscopic behavior despite their microscopic simplicity. T. Surungan, S. Masuda, Y. Komura and Y. Okabe, Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition on regular and Villain types of q-state clock models, J. Phys. 0000075577 00000 n , the second term is equal to 0000008417 00000 n and I.Bozovic, The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical prediction determined from Eq. Assume a field (x) defined in the plane which takes on values in {\displaystyle \phi _{0}} C.Panagopoulos, [3] to confirm the KosterlitzThouless transition in proximity-coupled Josephson junction arrays. According to this theory, a two-dimensional crystal should melt via two continuous transitions of the BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless type with an intermediate hexatic phase. and the Boltzmann factor is N is the radius of the vortex core. D.Watanabe, T.Kato, Expand 7.6 Renormalization unconventional superconductivity, dimensionally-tuned quantum criticality [Shishido etal., 2010], interplay of magnetism and superconductivity, Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phases, and to induce symmetry breaking not available in the bulk like locally broken inversion symmetry [Maruyama etal., 2012]. In the usual two-fluid picture, the exponent =44\alpha=4italic_ = 4. 0000070606 00000 n G.Orkoulas and Expand 7.6 Renormalization group analysis 7.6 Renormalization group analysis. Jpn. Lett. Lett. 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. The dashed red line is a possible realization of the physical parameters line, from which the flow starts, as the temperature is varied. Using topology as a tool, they were able to astound the experts. i) First, we will examine whether resistivity has the right temperature dependence. F"$yIVN^(wqe&:NTs*l)A;.}: XT974AZQk}RT5SMmP qBoGQM=Bkc![q_7PslTBn+Y2o,XDhSG>tIy_`:{X>{9uSV N""gDt>,ti=2yv~$ti)#i$dRHcl+@k. .lgKG7H}e Jm#ivK%#+2X3Zm6Dd;2?TX8 D}E^|$^9Ze'($%78'!3BQT%3vhl.YPCp7FO'Z0\ uC0{Lxf? 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. 0 J.V. Jos, B.I. Halperin and Lett. and I.Boovi, Physics Express. J. The unbounded vortices will give rise to finite resistance. T Rev. J.D. Fletcher, , trailer Rev. n 0000053772 00000 n (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. Rev. / ) | 0000061748 00000 n WebKosterlitz-Thouless transition, making it more dicult to observe it experimentally. We obtain the superfluid weight and Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition temperature for microscopic tight-binding and low-energy continuum models. The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) mechanism, building upon proliferation of topological defects in 2D systems, is the first example of phase transition beyond the Landau-Ginzburg paradigm of symmetry breaking. is the system size, and %PDF-1.2 stream < over any contractible closed path = Thus the vortex core energy is significantly reduced due to magnetic fluctuations. A. From the above RG equations, one can see that the renormalized fugacity vanishes at the transition, i.e. P.Ziemann, M.Gabay and S And, even though the basic details of this transition were worked out in https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.156801, Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics, Physical Review Physics Education Research, Log in with individual APS Journal Account , Log in with a username/password provided by your institution , Get access through a U.S. public or high school library . To model this effect, we consider magnetic moment that couples to the vortex via a Zeeman term gBHvzSzsubscriptsuperscriptsubscriptsuperscriptg\mu_{B}H_{v}^{z}S^{z}italic_g italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_v end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_z end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_S start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_z end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, where HvzsuperscriptsubscriptH_{v}^{z}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_v end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_z end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT is the magnetic field generated by vortices. WebThe behaviour of this system is similar to that of the antiferromagnetic XY model on the same lattice, showing the signature of a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, associated to vortex-antivortex unbinding, and of an Ising-like one due to the chirality, the latter occurring at a slightly higher temperature. ln For layered superconductors, one also needs to include interlayer couplings. This result is intimately related to that of Blonder, Tinkham and Klapwijk [Blonder etal., 1982; Blonder and Tinkham, 1983], where it was shown that the mismatch of Fermi velocities between the N and S regions increases the barrier height between the two, with the effective barrier parameter ZZitalic_Z modified to Z=(Z02+(1r)2/4r)1/2superscriptsuperscriptsubscript02superscript12412Z=(Z_{0}^{2}+(1-r)^{2}/4r)^{1/2}italic_Z = ( italic_Z start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT + ( 1 - italic_r ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / 4 italic_r ) start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 1 / 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT where r=vS/vNsubscriptsubscriptr=v_{S}/v_{N}italic_r = italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_S end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_v start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_N end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the ratio of two Fermi velocities. J.-M. Triscone, Our results show that both the anisotropic gas and the interaction! R and we plot in Fig exp B. H.-H. 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