Nernst Sign Reversal in the Hexatic Vortex Phase of Weakly Disordered a-MoGe Thin Films

Y. Wu; A. Roy; S. Dutta; J. Jesudasan; P. Raychaudhuri; A. Frydman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.026003

Nernst Sign Reversal in the Hexatic Vortex Phase of Weakly Disordered a-MoGe Thin Films

Y. Wu, A. Roy, S. Dutta, J. Jesudasan, P. Raychaudhuri, A. Frydman

Department of Physics - at Bar-Ilan University

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The hexatic phase is an intermediate stage in the melting process of a 2D crystal due to topological defects. Recently, this exotic phase was experimentally identified in the vortex lattice of 2D weakly disordered superconducting MoGe by scanning tunneling microscopic measurements. Here, we study this vortex state by the Nernst effect, which is an effective and sensitive tool to detect vortex motion, especially in the superconducting fluctuation regime. We find a surprising Nernst sign reversal at the melting transition of the hexatic phase. We propose that they are a consequence of vortex dislocations in the hexatic state which diffuse preferably from the cold to hot.

Original language	English
Article number	026003
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	132
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.026003
State	Published - 12 Jan 2024

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The authors would like to thank D. P. Arovas, A. Auerbach, E. Shimshoni, and V. Vinokour for valuable discussions and I. Volotsenko and G. N. Daptary for technical help. This research was supported by The Israel Science Foundation, ISF Grants No. 3192/19 and No. 1499/21.

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