Charge Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in superconducting NbTiN films
Abstract
Three decades after the prediction of charge-vortex duality in the critical vicinity of the two-dimensional superconductor-insulator transition (SIT), one of the fundamental implications of this duality-the charge Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition that should occur on the insulating side of the SIT-has remained unobserved. The dual picture of the process points to the existence of a superinsulating state endowed with zero conductance at finite temperature. Here, we report the observation of the charge BKT transition on the insulating side of the SIT in 10 nm thick NbTiN films, identified by the BKT critical behavior of the temperature and magnetic field dependent resistance, and map out the magnetic-field dependence of the critical temperature of the charge BKT transition. Lastly, we ascertain the effects of the finite electrostatic screening length and its divergence at the magnetic field-tuned approach to the superconductor-insulator transition.
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- A. V. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk (Russia); Novosibirsk State Univ., Novosibirsk (Russia)
- California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Institut de recherches sur les lois fundamentales de l’univers, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
- A. V. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk (Russia); Novosibirsk State Univ., Novosibirsk (Russia); The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States); Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1431229
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Mironov, Alexey Yu., Silevitch, Daniel M., Proslier, Thomas, Postolova, Svetlana V., Burdastyh, Maria V., Gutakovskii, Anton K., Rosenbaum, Thomas F., Vinokur, Valerii V., and Baturina, Tatyana I. Charge Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in superconducting NbTiN films. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22451-1.
Mironov, Alexey Yu., Silevitch, Daniel M., Proslier, Thomas, Postolova, Svetlana V., Burdastyh, Maria V., Gutakovskii, Anton K., Rosenbaum, Thomas F., Vinokur, Valerii V., & Baturina, Tatyana I. Charge Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in superconducting NbTiN films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22451-1
Mironov, Alexey Yu., Silevitch, Daniel M., Proslier, Thomas, Postolova, Svetlana V., Burdastyh, Maria V., Gutakovskii, Anton K., Rosenbaum, Thomas F., Vinokur, Valerii V., and Baturina, Tatyana I. Tue .
"Charge Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in superconducting NbTiN films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22451-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1431229.
@article{osti_1431229,
title = {Charge Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in superconducting NbTiN films},
author = {Mironov, Alexey Yu. and Silevitch, Daniel M. and Proslier, Thomas and Postolova, Svetlana V. and Burdastyh, Maria V. and Gutakovskii, Anton K. and Rosenbaum, Thomas F. and Vinokur, Valerii V. and Baturina, Tatyana I.},
abstractNote = {Three decades after the prediction of charge-vortex duality in the critical vicinity of the two-dimensional superconductor-insulator transition (SIT), one of the fundamental implications of this duality-the charge Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition that should occur on the insulating side of the SIT-has remained unobserved. The dual picture of the process points to the existence of a superinsulating state endowed with zero conductance at finite temperature. Here, we report the observation of the charge BKT transition on the insulating side of the SIT in 10 nm thick NbTiN films, identified by the BKT critical behavior of the temperature and magnetic field dependent resistance, and map out the magnetic-field dependence of the critical temperature of the charge BKT transition. Lastly, we ascertain the effects of the finite electrostatic screening length and its divergence at the magnetic field-tuned approach to the superconductor-insulator transition.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-22451-1},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {3}
}
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