Disappearance of Hall resistance in one-unit-cell-thick YBa2Cu3O7δ: Evidence of free vortex-antivortex excitation

Abstract
Diagonal and Hall resistivities (ρ and ρxy) in the normal and superconducting states are studied in one-unit-cell-thick YBa2 Cu3 O7δ artificial materials. A number of transport properties in bulk YBa2 Cu3 O7δ are shown to be inherent properties of the individual conducting CuO2 bilayer. Evidence of Kosterlitz-Thouless resistive transition as well as the excitation of free vortex and antivortex are presented.