Dynamical instability of the electric transport in superconductors

Qiao, Lei; Li, Dingping; Postolova, Svetlana V.; Mironov, Alexey Yu.; Vinokur, Valerii; Rosenstein, Baruch

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32302-8

Title: Dynamical instability of the electric transport in superconductors

Journal Article · Thu Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32302-8· OSTI ID:1476650

Qiao, Lei ^[1];

^[1]; Postolova, Svetlana V. ^[2];

^[3];

^[4]; Rosenstein, Baruch ^[5]

Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Novosibirsk (Russian Federation); Novosibirsk State Univ. (Russian Federation)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (China); Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan (Israel)

We develop a nonlinear theory of the electronic transport in superconductors in the framework of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equation. We utilize self-consistent Gaussian approximation and reveal the conditions under which the current-voltage V(I) dependence (I-V characteristics) acquires an S-shape form leading to switching instabilities. We demonstrate that in two-dimensions the emergence of such an instability is a hallmark of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thou less (BKT) transition that we have detected by transport measurements of titanium nitride (TiN) films. Our theoretical findings compare favorably with our experimental results.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences - Materials Sciences and Engineering Division; Russian Science Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1476650

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322

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