The nature of the phase transition in the cuprates as revealed by a magnetic field free stiffness meter

Itzik Kapon, Zaher Salman, Thomas Prokscha +2

A new method to measure the superconducting stiffness tensor ${\overline{\rho }}_s$, without subjecting the sample to magnetic field, is applied to La${}_{1.875}$Sr${}_{0.125}$CuO${}_4$ (LSCO).…