Bethe-Salpeter equation
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This study realized a superconductor-insulator transition by fabricating infinite-layer samarium nickel oxide superconducting thin films into a spatially periodic network structure, thereby modulating the phase coherence of Cooper pairs. The observation of magnetoresistance oscillations with a period of h/2e in the experiments directly confirmed the existence of 2e Cooper pairs in nickel oxides. The transition was primarily driven by enhanced superconducting fluctuations, with Cooper pairs participating in charge transport throughout the entire transition process. Two anomalous metallic states were also identified: one emerging under finite magnetic fields and the other appearing even at zero magnetic field; both states could be characterized by bosonic excitations, suggesting the dynamic role of vortices in the ground state. This work establishes nickel oxides as a key platform for studying the rich bosonic phases arising from the modulation of Cooper pair phase coherence.
Bosonic Phases across the Superconductor-Insulator Transitions in Infinite-Layer Samarium Nickelate