) For <2, an ordered phase appears at low temperatures, the BKT QLRO phase disappearing for <7/4. 0000070852 00000 n Phys. WebThe resonant-level model represents a paradigmatic quantum system which serves as a basis for many other quantum impurity models. (Nature Physics 7, 849 (2011)) in terms of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. winds counter-clockwise once around a puncture, the contour integral T/Hc2<0subscriptperpendicular-to2absent0\partial T/\partial H_{c2\perp}<0 italic_T / italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT < 0 near TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, as observed in Fig. T.Terashima, L.Li, [Pereiro etal., 2011] and references therein). WebWe employ the theory of topological phase transitions, of the Berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) type, in order to investigate orientational ordering in four spatial dimensions that is Expand 7 After working with Thouless in Birmingham, he spent 2 years at Cornell. ; Zahn et al. csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is a nonuniversal number. /Filter /FlateDecode k A salient feature of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT is the proximity to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point (QCP). Phys. And, even though the basic details of this transition were worked out in Phys. Below ln For two dimensional systems with continuous Abelian symmetry, despite the lack of broken symmetry due to strong fluctuations, there exists a finite temperature phase transition mediated by topological defects, e.g. They are meant for a junior researcher wanting to get accustomed to the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition in the context of the 2D classical XY model. The ii) Then we extract from the resistivity data the transition temperature TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. etal., Proc. is the radius of the vortex core. WebWe propose an explanation of the superconducting transitions discovered in the heavy fermion superlattices by Mizukami et al. Taking a contour integral 0000053628 00000 n Rev. (Nature Physics 7, 849 (2011)) in terms of The unbounded vortices will give rise to finite resistance. J.E. Mooij, and % We have also shown that magnetic fluctuations modify the conventional BKT discussion since they reduce the vortex core energy, and thus quantum criticality may strongly influence the phase diagram of the vortex system. For such systems, one thus has Tc=TBKTsubscriptsubscriptBKTT_{c}=T_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. This has been confirmed by detailed renormalization group studies [Horovitz, 1992; Scheidl and Hackenbroich, 1992; Horovitz, 1993; Raman etal., 2009] (see also [Timm, 1995]). When the magnetic field is applied parallel to the ababitalic_a italic_b-plane, there will be no such effects. I understand why it isn't a conventional Landau-symmetry-breaking phase transition: there is no local symmetry-breaking order parameter on either side of the transition, and all thermodynamic quantities remain continuous (though not analytic) at all derivative orders {\displaystyle \exp(-\beta E)} WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, or Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, is a special transition seen in the XY model for interacting spin systems in 2 spatial %PDF-1.2 Phys. d and D.J. Hc2subscript2H_{c2}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT in such systems is Pauli-limited in both parallel and perpendicular directions [Mizukami etal., 2011; Bianchi etal., 2008] and is thus a direct measure of the superconducting gap, with Hc2Pauli2/gBsimilar-to-or-equalssuperscriptsubscript2Pauli2subscriptH_{c2}^{\rm Pauli}\simeq\sqrt{2}\Delta/g\mu_{B}italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 2 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT roman_Pauli end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT square-root start_ARG 2 end_ARG roman_ / italic_g italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, where ggitalic_g is the gyromagnetic factor and Bsubscript\mu_{B}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is the Bohr magneton. Lett. M. Hasenbusch, The Two dimensional XY model at the transition temperature: A High precision Monte Carlo study, J. Phys. 2c in [Mizukami etal., 2011]). 0000018415 00000 n Webcorrelations. It would be interesting to look for such phases in systems close to a magnetic QCP, where vortex core energy can be substantially reduced. N WebRemarkably, a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition with TBKT 310 mK is revealed in up to 60 nm thick flakes, which is nearly an order of magnitude thicker than the rare examples of two-dimensional superconductors exhibiting such a transition. Information about registration may be found here. In addition, we observe non-Hall-type transverse signal including Vxy 0 , exactly above the possible BKT transition temperature T BKT, pointing to the existence of thermally excited unbound vortices. In order to determine quantitatively the evolution of the dielectric constant near the QCP, more material specific microscopic calculations are needed. A.Petrovic, To export a larger list you will need to increase the number of results per page. xb```f``b`c``d@ A;SVF7_P: . S.Doniach and A 38 (2005) 5869 [cond T We provide a comprehensive analysis of the non-equilibrium transport near a quantum phas J. Phys. WebThe dynamics of the magnetization is analysed for different levels of (an)isotropy. S.Yasumoto, Furthermore, another important prediction from BKT transition that can be checked is that the penetration depth of the superlattice \lambdaitalic_ satisfies the universal relation [Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977]. The specic heat only has a broad hump at temperatures somewhat above T KT, where Itbeginswiththediscoveryofpossibleeldcongurationsthatone L M.R. Beasley, We determine the temperature dependence of the BKT exponent and find the critical value for our trapped system. M.R. Beasley, S.Gariglio, We propose an explanation of the experimental results of [Mizukami etal., 2011] within the framework of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition, and further study the interplay of Kondo lattice physics and BKT mechanism. D.Shahar, and We propose a series of scaling theories for Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) phase transitions on the basis of the hallmark exponential growth of their correlation length. Work on the transition led to the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded to Thouless and Kosterlitz; Berezinskii died in 1980. Physical Review Letters is a trademark of the American Physical Society, registered in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Japan. the user has read and agrees to our Terms and Kosterlitz had previously studied for his BA and MA degrees at Gonville and Caius, in Cambridge University, whereas he obtained his doctoral degree in 1969 from Oxford. S {\displaystyle a} One may thus expect a strong coupling between the superconducting CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers and the system would behave as three dimensional superconductor. The value of this integer is the index of the vector field A.T. Fiory, . , the second term is positive and diverges in the limit . WebThe behaviour of this system is similar to that of the antiferromagnetic XY model on the same lattice, showing the signature of a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, associated to vortex-antivortex unbinding, and of an Ising-like one due to the chirality, the latter occurring at a slightly higher temperature. ( each with index Thus to determine whether a superconducting transition is of the BKT type, it is crucial to measure the penetration depth \lambdaitalic_, and to check whether such universal relation between \lambdaitalic_ and TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT is satisfied. WebThis transition is called Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition and still remains to be a topic of active research. C.Kallin, When however Thouless. We can imagine that the theory is defined up to some energetic cut-off scale i D.R. Nelson and T.Terashima, Expand 7.6 Renormalization At low temperatures with TTc0much-less-thansubscript0T\ll T_{c0}italic_T italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, (T)\xi(T)italic_ ( italic_T ) is of order 0subscript0\xi_{0}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, which is about the thickness of four layers of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT. k G.Saraswat, S H.A. Radovan, Lett. The dielectric constant becomes a function of the distance to the QCP. The two BKT correlation scales account for the emergent granularity observed around the transition. J.Orenstein, The scale L is an arbitrary scale that renders the argument of the logarithm dimensionless. {\displaystyle k_{\rm {B}}} The complex argument function has a branch cut, but, because The presented theory is named the BerezinskiiKosterlitzThoulessHalperinNelsonYoung (BKTHNY) theory. . For YBCO thin films [Matsuda etal., 1993], we have Ec(1.5836/2)7meV10.6meVsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript1.583627meVsimilar-to-or-equals10.6meVE_{c}\simeq(1.583\times 6/2\pi)\times 7{\rm meV}\simeq 10.6{\rm meV}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 1.583 6 / 2 italic_ ) 7 roman_m roman_e roman_V 10.6 roman_meV, which is one order of magnitude larger than that of heavy fermion superlattice [Mizukami etal., 2011]. A. For YBa22{}_{2}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 2 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPTCu33{}_{3}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 3 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPTO77{}_{7}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 7 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT thin films, it is much larger, csimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptitalic-absent\epsilon_{c}\simeqitalic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 4.6 [Fiory etal., 1988] or 6 [Matsuda etal., 1993] . 4 can be observed experimentally. Consider the static limit, its free energy density reads. n n {\displaystyle R\gg a} From the above RG equations, one can see that the renormalized fugacity vanishes at the transition, i.e. This is a set of notes recalling some of the most important results on the XY model from the ground up. In the usual two-fluid picture, the exponent =44\alpha=4italic_ = 4. i Lett. Jpn. T.Terashima, For cuprates and CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT, it has been found that =22\alpha=2italic_ = 2 [Bonn etal., 1993; Kogan etal., 2009]. Lett. Rev. Taking TBKT1.6Ksimilar-to-or-equalssubscriptBKT1.6T_{\rm BKT}\simeq 1.6Kitalic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 1.6 italic_K, one obtains Ec0.13meVsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript0.13meVE_{c}\simeq 0.13{\rm meV}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0.13 roman_meV. R.Mallozzi, , where we have switched to the complex plane coordinates for convenience. Phys. Assuming ns=nsubscriptn_{s}=nitalic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_n at T=00T=0italic_T = 0, we have Ec(1.9/)kBTBKTsimilar-to-or-equalssubscript1.9subscriptsubscriptBKTE_{c}\simeq(1.9/\pi)k_{B}T_{\rm BKT}italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( 1.9 / italic_ ) italic_k start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT (see e.g. 0000054567 00000 n Rev. = InOx{}_{x}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT italic_x end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT, it is typically 1.1 to 1.9. ) Phys. Phys. 0000061844 00000 n Thin film growth technology recently has advanced to the point that artificial two-dimensional structures can be fabricated with atomic-layer precision. 2 . Soc. 1 WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen Department of Mathamtics Imperial College Keywords: Generalised rigidity, Topological defects, Two Dimensional Thouless, J. Phys. G.Hackenbroich, n {\displaystyle V\sim I} T This system is not expected to possess a normal second-order phase transition. B, A.Serafin, L.C. Davis, Our results show that both the anisotropic gas and the stripe phases follow the BKT scaling laws. and R.E. In these systems, thermal generation of vortices produces an 60 0 obj<> endobj 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs 7.5 Interaction energy of vortex pairs. 0000062403 00000 n The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition Authors: Jrg Martin Frhlich ETH Zurich T. Spencer Content uploaded by Jrg Martin Frhlich Author content Content may be WebThe system of superconducting layers with Josephson coupling J is studied. . N H0()subscript0H_{0}({\mathbf{r}})italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( bold_r ) can be obtained from its Fourier transform H0()=0/(1+2k2)subscript0subscript01superscript2superscript2H_{0}(\mathbf{k})=\Phi_{0}/(1+\lambda^{2}k^{2})italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( bold_k ) = roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / ( 1 + italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_k start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ), with result H0()(0/2)K0(r/)similar-tosubscript0subscript0superscript2subscript0H_{0}({\mathbf{r}})\sim(\Phi_{0}/\lambda^{2})K_{0}(r/\lambda)italic_H start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( bold_r ) ( roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT / italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT ) italic_K start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ( italic_r / italic_ ), As it is well known, in two dimensions the superfluid-to-normal phase transition follows the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) scenario. ) is an integer multiple of The effective mass of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT is of order 100me100subscript100m_{e}100 italic_m start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_e end_POSTSUBSCRIPT. Furthermore, we study the influence of a nearby magnetic quantum critical point on the vortex system, and find that the vortex core energy can be significantly reduced due to magnetic fluctuations. N Phys. 0 Rev. In the opposite limit of a very thin normal YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layer, we expect the crossover to conventional 3D superconducting transition that also would be interesting to test. 2 Transiting travellers: using topology, Kosterlitz and Thouless described a topological phase transition in a thin layer of very cold matter. Rev. ex '3oWD&o!E[DDwta`s=|G=W>;^@ 3)b:u@yRBp6vkzMXEwZYNvS$&I\jW3}T5Tgc. , the system undergoes a transition at a critical temperature, , the second term is equal to WebThe phase transition of the systems in the universality class of the two- dimensional (2D) X-Y model, known as the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii (or some permutation of this) transition (Berezinskii 1971; Kosterlitz and Thouless 1973; Kosterlitz 1974), is a fascinating one. where a=4/g2B202superscript4superscript2superscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript02a=\alpha\lambda^{4}/g^{2}\mu_{B}^{2}\Phi_{0}^{2}italic_a = italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_g start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT and \alphaitalic_ is the distance to the QCP. Acad. Quasi 2-dimensional superconductivity: First, we discuss why BKT theory is applicable to heavy fermion superlattices. From Boltzmann's entropy formula, We propose an explanation of the superconducting transitions discovered in the heavy fermion superlattices by Mizukami et al. vortices for superconductors [Berezinskii, 1970; Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973]. j The combination of f-electron physics, low dimensionality and interface effects provides a rare opportunity to study new states in strongly correlated electron systems, e.g. When the thickness of CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers become smaller than (T)\xi(T)italic_ ( italic_T ), the depressed areas will start to overlap, and the superconducting gap in the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT layers will be suppressed. 0000073805 00000 n The KosterlitzThouless transition can be observed experimentally in systems like 2D Josephson junction arrays by taking current and voltage (I-V) measurements. i {\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{N}n_{i}\neq 0} Conclusions: In conclusion, we have proposed that superconducting transition in the heavy fermion superlattice of Mizukami et al. / Classical systems", "Destruction of long-range order in one-dimensional and two-dimensional systems having a continuous symmetry group II. B, L.Benfatto, Phys. Y.Wang, J.N. Eckstein, I believe it can be said that the Kosterlitz-Thouless system has continuous symmetry, please correct me if I am wrong. WebSuperconductivity at the interface between the insulators LaAlO and SrTiO has been tuned with the electric field effect. A 38 (2005) 5869 [cond-mat/0502556] . Rev. Lett. E.D. Bauer M. Hasenbusch, The Two dimensional XY model at the transition temperature: A High precision Monte Carlo study, J. Phys. One can thus tune the vortex fugacity by changing the distance to the QCP. and spherical colloids Murray and Van Winkle ; Kusner et al. The Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Authors: Peter Agnew University of Illinois at Chicago Clayton Bennett University of Illinois at Chicago Gabe Dale-Gau WebThe Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is often described as a "topological phase transition." {\displaystyle \oint _{\gamma }d\phi } = a . Antiferromagnetic vortex core: We extract from the experiment [Mizukami etal., 2011] a large dielectric constant csubscriptitalic-\epsilon_{c}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT, which indicates a large fugacity, or a small vortex core energy [Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973; Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977] (see supplementary material for a more detailed analysis). This is a specific case of what is called the MerminWagner theorem in spin sy WebThe BerezinskiiKosterlitzThouless transition (BKT transition) is a phase transition of the two-dimensional (2-D) XY model in statistical physics. xuXWf*=axDL8` Ip [] } |@rH?J?!,-u\VJ8oSOthvxoty4[^O=$NpMv1(g3;=]2hYn"&ode )keP(dzHur,H4!E~CUEIs8eTm7OiM2F`Pa`Uf2"{oes e%XzF3*p'I Df& and Y.Matsuda, J.D. Fletcher, Finite-size scaling, finite-entanglement scaling, short-time critical dynamics, and finite-time scaling, as well as some of their interplay, are considered. 0 S.Kumar, TBKTsubscriptBKTT_{\rm BKT}italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT can be written as [Kosterlitz and Thouless, 1973; Nelson and Kosterlitz, 1977; Halperin and Nelson, 1979; Beasley etal., 1979], with the dielectric constant cns2D/nsRsubscriptitalic-superscriptsubscript2superscriptsubscript\epsilon_{c}\equiv n_{s}^{2D}/n_{s}^{R}italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 italic_D end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT, where nsRsuperscriptsubscriptn_{s}^{R}italic_n start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_s end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_R end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT is the renormalized carrier density. The change of vortex core energy is Ec=d2[()]g4B404/6V0<0subscriptsuperscript2delimited-[]similar-tosuperscript4superscriptsubscript4superscriptsubscript04superscript6subscript00\delta E_{c}=\int d^{2}{\mathbf{r}}{\cal F}[\Phi({\mathbf{r}})]\sim-g^{4}\mu_{B}^{4}\Phi_{0}^{4}/\gamma\lambda^{6}\equiv-V_{0}<0italic_ italic_E start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_c end_POSTSUBSCRIPT = italic_d start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 2 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT bold_r caligraphic_F [ roman_ ( bold_r ) ] - italic_g start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT italic_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT italic_B end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT roman_ start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 4 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT / italic_ italic_ start_POSTSUPERSCRIPT 6 end_POSTSUPERSCRIPT - italic_V start_POSTSUBSCRIPT 0 end_POSTSUBSCRIPT < 0. In the CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT/YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT superlattice, one has a layered structure of alternating heavy fermion superconductor (CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT) and conventional metal (YbCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT), typically 3.5 nm thick. 4 ) and 3rd RG (Eq. C.Kallin, and where a vortex of unit vorticity is placed at =00{\mathbf{r}}=0bold_r = 0. The transition is named for condensed matter physicists Vadim 5(a)). Here, we prove that all the physics of every classical spin model is reproduced in the low-energy sector of certain universal models, with at most polynomial overhead. B, O.T. Valls, Rev. of the KosterlitzThouless transition. 0000000016 00000 n 62 0 obj<>stream y(r=,TBKT)=0subscriptBKT0y(r=\infty,T_{\rm BKT})=0italic_y ( italic_r = , italic_T start_POSTSUBSCRIPT roman_BKT end_POSTSUBSCRIPT ) = 0. M. Hasenbusch, The Two dimensional XY model at the transition temperature: A High precision Monte Carlo study, J. Phys. Rev. In normal metal/heavy fermion superconductor proximity effect studies, it was realized that the large mismatch of effective mass at the interface leads to huge suppression of transmission of electron probability currents [Fenton, 1985]. While such small modification may be detected by future high precision measurements, as first approximation we will ignore it in the following and concentrate on the single-layer problem. Though implications have been found in numerous thin superconducting films [Minnhagen, 1987; Fiory etal., 1988; Davis etal., 1990; Matsuda etal., 1993; Crane etal., 2007], highly anisotropic cuprates [Wen etal., 1998; Corson etal., 1999; Li etal., 2005], oxide interfaces [Reyren etal., 2007; Caviglia etal., 2008; Schneider etal., 2009], the results have remained inconclusive (see e.g. CeCoIn55{}_{5}start_FLOATSUBSCRIPT 5 end_FLOATSUBSCRIPT sandwiched with insulating layers may make an even better two dimensional superconductor. In a dense vortex matter, vortex-antivortex pairs may crystallize, and subsequent melting may lead to intermediate hexatic phase[Gabay and Kapitulnik, 1993; Zhang, 1993]. It is therefore desirable to have a well-controlled, readily-tunable system to investigate the BKT physics. {\displaystyle V\sim I^{3}} / Assume a field (x) defined in the plane which takes on values in WebWith several measures borrowed from quantum information theory, three different types of singularities are found for the first-order, second-order, and Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions, respectively, and the values of transition points and critical exponents are accurately determined. 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