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ArticleNature communications2026

Gate-imprinted memory and light-induced erasure of superconductivity at KTaO

Zhihao Chen, Pengxu Ran, Ming Dong Dong, Jiexiong Sun, Fengmiao Li, Zhixin Yao, Lei Liu, Jie Wu, Juan Jiang, Zhi Gang Cheng

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Zhihao Chen *Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-5520-504X
Pengxu Ran *Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Ming Dong DongDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiexiong SunHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Fengmiao LiSchool of Emerging Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. fmli@ustc.edu.cn.
Zhixin YaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Lei LiuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-8423
Jie WuDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7314-8856
Juan JiangHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0438-2814
Zhi Gang ChengBeijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. zgcheng@iphy.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-6734

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Realizing non-volatile control of superconductivity is a key step toward integrating memory and quantum functionality in future information technologies. KTaO₃-based heterostructures uniquely host interfacial two-dimensional superconductivity and quantum paraelectric lattice background. The coupling between these two degrees of freedom potentially provides a promising route to encode memory into the superconducting state. Here we reveal two intertwined phenomena in AlOₓ/KTaO₃ heterostructures: a gate-imprinted memory in which electrostatic gate cycling promotes superconductivity, and its erasure by optical illumination at cryogenic temperatures. These phenomena arise from a previously unrecognized interplay between the superconducting interface and emergent lattice excitations including polar-nanoregion reorientation and charge trapping/detrapping by oxygen vacancies. These results demonstrate configurable superconductivity at correlated oxide interfaces, opening a pathway to enrich dissipationless transport with non-volatile controls for superconducting elements.

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