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Observation of Plasmon-Phonons in a Metamaterial Superconductor using Inelastic Neutron Scattering

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Vera N. Smolyaninova, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Nicholas Butch, Heather H. Chen-Mayer, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky, Igor I. Smolyaninov

Abstract

Recent experiments have demonstrated that the metamaterial approach is capable of drastically increasing the critical temperature, Tc, of composite metal-dielectric epsilon near zero (ENZ) metamaterial superconductors. For example, a tripling of the critical temperature has been observed in Al-Al2O3 ENZ core-shell metamaterials. A theoretical model based on the Maxwell-Garnett effective medium approximation provides a microscopic explanation of this effect in terms of electron-electron pairing mediated by a hybrid plasmon-phonon excitation in the composite metal-dielectric metamaterial. We report the first observation of a hybrid plasmon-phonon excitation in Al-Al2O3 ENZ core-shell metamaterials using inelastic neutron scattering. These results provide strong support for this novel mechanism of superconductivity in ENZ metamaterials.
Citation
Physical Review B
Volume
100
Issue
2

Keywords

Metamaterial superconductor, enhanced transition temperature, inelastic neutron scattering, phasmon-phonon interaction, aluminum

Citation

Smolyaninova, V. , Lynn, J. , Butch, N. , Chen-Mayer, H. , Prestigiacomo, J. , Osofsky, M. and Smolyaninov, I. (2019), Observation of Plasmon-Phonons in a Metamaterial Superconductor using Inelastic Neutron Scattering, Physical Review B, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926184 (Accessed October 8, 2024)

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Created July 23, 2019, Updated October 12, 2021