Engineering underdoped CuO${}_2$ nanoribbons in nm-thick $a$-axis YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_{7-\delta }$ films

Riccardo Arpaia, Núria Alcalde-Herraiz, Andrea D'Alessio +5

In underdoped cuprate high $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ superconductors, various local orders and symmetry breaking states, in addition to superconductivity, reside in the CuO${}_2$ planes. The…