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Quantum metallicity at the High-Field Side of the Superconductor-Insulator Transition
Baturina, T., Strunk, Christoph, Baklanov, M. R.
and Satta, A.
(2007)
Quantum metallicity at the High-Field Side of the Superconductor-Insulator Transition.
Physical Review Letters 98, p. 127003.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:40
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.2648
Abstract
We investigate ultrathin superconducting TiN films, which are very close to the localization threshold. Perpendicular magnetic field drives the films from the superconducting to an insulating state, with very high resistance. Further increase of the magnetic field leads to an exponential decay of the resistance towards a finite value. In the limit of low temperatures, the saturation value can be ...
We investigate ultrathin superconducting TiN films, which are very close to the localization threshold. Perpendicular magnetic field drives the films from the superconducting to an insulating state, with very high resistance. Further increase of the magnetic field leads to an exponential decay of the resistance towards a finite value. In the limit of low temperatures, the saturation value can be very accurately extrapolated to the universal quantum resistance h/e(2). Our analysis suggests that at high magnetic fields a new ground state, distinct from the normal metallic state occurring above the superconducting transition temperature, is formed. A comparison with other studies on different materials indicates that the quantum metallic phase following the magnetic-field-induced insulating phase is a generic property of systems close to the disorder-driven superconductor-insulator transition.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review Letters | ||||
| Publisher: | AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC | ||||
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| Open Access Type: | Due to SHERPA/RoMEO | ||||
| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||
| Volume: | 98 | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 127003 | ||||
| Date | 2007 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Weiss > Group Christoph Strunk | ||||
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| Keywords | MAGNETIC-FIELD; PHASE-TRANSITIONS; FILMS; SYSTEMS; ONSET; LIMIT; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-26483 | ||||
| Item ID | 2648 |
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