Superconductor–insulator transition in nanowires and nanowire arrays

Autor: J E Mooij, G Schön, A Shnirman, T Fuse, C J P M Harmans, H Rotzinger, A H Verbruggen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 17, Iss 3, p 033006 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/3/033006
Popis: Superconducting nanowires are the dual elements to Josephson junctions, with quantum phase-slip (QPS) processes replacing the tunneling of Cooper pairs. When the QPS amplitude E _S is much smaller than the inductive energy E _L , the nanowire responds as a superconducting inductor. When the inductive energy is small, the response is capacitive. The crossover at low temperatures as a function of E _S / E _L is discussed and compared with earlier experimental results. For one-dimensional and two-dimensional arrays of nanowires quantum phase transitions are expected as a function of E _S / E _L . They can be tuned by a homogeneous magnetic frustration.
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