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Title: Insulator-Superconductor Transition in 3D Granular Al-Ge Films

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv (Israel)

We report the results of high magnetic field study of granular 3D Al-Ge and demonstrate that intragranular superconductivity leads in {ital truly insulating samples} (with an exponentially diverging normal state resistivity), either to a global superconducting phase coherent state, or to a {open_quotes}superconductor-insulator{close_quotes} state with Cooper pairs totally localized within individual grains, depending on the strength of the intergranular Josephson coupling. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

OSTI ID:
509082
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 78, Issue 22; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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