Effects of pressure and disorder on superconductivity in Tl$_{\mathrm{2}}$Ba$_{\mathrm{2}}$Ca$_{\mathrm{n-1}}$Cu$_{\mathrm{n}}$O$_{\mathrm{2n+4+\delta \thinspace }}$(n$=$2,3)

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Abstract

The structural, vibrational, and superconducting properties of nearly optimally doped Tl$_{\mathrm{2}}$Ba$_{\mathrm{2}}$Ca$_{\mathrm{n-1}}$Cu$_{\mathrm{n}}$O$_{\mathrm{2n+4+\delta }}$ (n$=$2,3) single crystals are~studied~at high pressures. While the superconducting transition temperature $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ of the bilayer system exhibits a parabolic behavior with a maximum around an optimal pressure level, its increased path has a kink in the trilayer compound, indicating a joint effect from the inner CuO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ plane. The latter is further supported by the appearance of the two additional Raman modes. At higher pressures, we observe the sudden increase of the full width at half maximum of some lattice modes as well as the anomaly of the lattice parameters at certain pressure. These together contribute the enhanced disorder and the~$T_{\mathrm{c}}$ reduction accordingly. We thus are able to distinguish the contribution to $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ from the intrinsic pressure variables, disorder, and the CuO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ plane number and type in this layered family.

Authors

  • Jian-Bo Zhang

    Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China

  • Xiao-Jia Chen

    Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, 201203, China, Shanghai Laboratory of High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China, Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research (HPStar), Shanghai, China

  • Viktor Struzhkin

    Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, U.S.A., Carnegie Inst of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015

  • Wenge Yang

    Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China

  • Ho-kwang Mao

    Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015

  • Hai-Qing Lin

    Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100089, China, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100084, China

  • Yong-Chang Ma

    School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

  • N. L. Wang

    International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China