Proximity to a Nearly Superconducting Quantum Critical Liquid

Abstract

The coupling between superconductors and a quantum critical liquid that is nearly superconducting provides natural interpretation for the Josephson effect over unexpectedly long junctions, and the remarkable stripe-spacing dependence of the critical temperature in LSCO and YBCO superconductors.

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References in corpus (5)

• Stripe phases in high-temperature superconductors
• Anomalous Proximity Effect in Underdoped YBaCuO Josephson Junctions
• Superconductivity in a doped Mott insulator
• Topological doping and the stability of stripe phases
• Inhomogeneity-Induced Superconductivity?

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• Comment on "Anomalous proximity effect in underdoped YBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x} Josephson junctions"