Superconductor–Insulator Transition in NbTiN Films
Abstract
Experimental results indicating a direct disorder-induced superconductor-insulator transition in NbTiN thin films have been reported. It has been shown that an increase in the resistance per square in the normal state is accompanied by the suppression of the critical temperature of the superconducting transition Tc according to the fermion mechanism of suppression of superconductivity by disorder. At the same time, the temperature of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is completely suppressed at a nonzero critical temperature and, then, the ground state changes to insulating, which is characteristic of the boson model of suppression of superconductivity by disorder. Furthermore it has been shown that the temperature dependences of the resistance of insulating films follow the Arrhenius activation law.
- Authors:
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- Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk (Russia); Novosibirsk State Univ., Novosibirsk (Russia)
- Institut de recherches sur les lois fundamentales de l’univers, Gif-sur-Yvette (France); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- Russian Science Foundation; USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1461412
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- JETP Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-3640
- Publisher:
- Pleiades Publishing - Springer Nature
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Burdastyh, M. V., Postolova, S. V., Baturina, T. I., Proslier, T., Vinokur, V. M., and Mironov, A. Yu. Superconductor–Insulator Transition in NbTiN Films. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1134/S0021364017230060.
Burdastyh, M. V., Postolova, S. V., Baturina, T. I., Proslier, T., Vinokur, V. M., & Mironov, A. Yu. Superconductor–Insulator Transition in NbTiN Films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364017230060
Burdastyh, M. V., Postolova, S. V., Baturina, T. I., Proslier, T., Vinokur, V. M., and Mironov, A. Yu. Thu .
"Superconductor–Insulator Transition in NbTiN Films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364017230060. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1461412.
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title = {Superconductor–Insulator Transition in NbTiN Films},
author = {Burdastyh, M. V. and Postolova, S. V. and Baturina, T. I. and Proslier, T. and Vinokur, V. M. and Mironov, A. Yu.},
abstractNote = {Experimental results indicating a direct disorder-induced superconductor-insulator transition in NbTiN thin films have been reported. It has been shown that an increase in the resistance per square in the normal state is accompanied by the suppression of the critical temperature of the superconducting transition Tc according to the fermion mechanism of suppression of superconductivity by disorder. At the same time, the temperature of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is completely suppressed at a nonzero critical temperature and, then, the ground state changes to insulating, which is characteristic of the boson model of suppression of superconductivity by disorder. Furthermore it has been shown that the temperature dependences of the resistance of insulating films follow the Arrhenius activation law.},
doi = {10.1134/S0021364017230060},
journal = {JETP Letters},
number = 11,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
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