PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shi, Zhenzhong
AU  - Baity, P. G.
AU  - Sasagawa, T.
AU  - Popović, Dragana
TI  - Vortex phase diagram and the normal state of cuprates with charge and spin orders
AID  - 10.1126/sciadv.aay8946
DP  - 2020 Feb 01
TA  - Science Advances
PG  - eaay8946
VI  - 6
IP  - 7
4099  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaay8946.short
4100  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaay8946.full
SO  - Sci Adv2020 Feb 01; 6
AB  - The phase diagram of underdoped cuprates in a magnetic field (H) is key to understanding the anomalous normal state of these high-temperature superconductors. However, the upper critical field (Hc2), the extent of superconducting (SC) phase with vortices, and the role of charge orders at high H remain controversial. Here we study stripe-ordered La-214, i.e., cuprates in which charge orders are most pronounced and zero-field SC transition temperatures Tc0 are lowest. This enables us to explore the vortex phases in a previously inaccessible energy scale window. By combining linear and nonlinear transport techniques sensitive to vortex matter, we determine the T − H phase diagram, directly detect Hc2, and reveal novel properties of the high-field ground state. Our results demonstrate that quantum fluctuations and disorder play a key role as T → 0, while the high-field ground state is likely a metal, not an insulator, due to the presence of stripes.