Mottness induced superfluid phase fluctuation with increased density
arXiv:1902.11206 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ac8ec9
Abstract
Recent observation of diminishing superfluid phase stiffness upon increasing carrier density in cuprate high-temperature superconductors is unexpected from the quantum density-phase conjugation of superfluidity. Here, through analytic estimation and verified via variational Monte Carlo calculation of an emergent Bose liquid, we point out that Mottness of the underlying carriers can cause a stronger phase fluctuation of the superfluid with increasing carrier density. This effect turns the expected density-increased phase stiffness into a dome shape, in good agreement with the recent observation. Specifically, the effective mass divergence due to "jamming" of the low-energy bosons reproduces the observed nonlinear relation between phase stiffness and transition temperature. Our results suggest a new paradigm, in which unconventional superconductivity in some strongly correlated materials is described by physics of bosonic superfluidity, as opposed to pairing-strength limited Cooper pairing.
11 pages, 7 figures
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