Ferroelectricity and superconductivity in strained EuxSr1−xTiO3 films
Nicholas G. Combs, Hanbyeol Jeong, Ryan Russell, Linus Kautzsch, Tyler N. Pardue, Thomas E. Mates, Stephen D. Wilson, John W. Harter, Susanne Stemmer
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.094504 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
The superconducting transition of SrTiO3 can be influenced by tuning its ferroelectric transition, but the underlying reasons remain poorly understood. Here, we investigate compressively strained, Sm-doped films of EuxSr1–xTiO3 that were grown by molecular beam epitaxy to determine the effect of alloying with Eu on both superconductivity and ferroelectricity, both of which are present in strained SrTiO3 films. Remarkably, superconductivity survives up to x=0.14. Films at the lowest alloy concentration studied here, x=0.09, exhibit no suppression of their superconducting transition temperature, but there is a strong reduction of the upper critical field (Hc2), compared to nonalloyed, strained SrTiO3 films. In addition, these films lack the sharp ferroelectric transition that appears in films without Eu in second harmonic generation measurements. We postulate that Eu alloying causes a crossover from a globally ordered ferroelectric state to one with only short-range polar order. We discuss the connection between the loss of global polar order and the change in the superconducting properties.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eu0.09Sr0.91TiO3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 0.4 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| Eu0.14Sr0.86TiO3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 0.18 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| Eu0.30Sr0.70TiO3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| SrTiO3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 0.41 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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