Dephasing in disordered metals with superconductive grains
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Superconductivity
Abstract
Temperature dependence of electron dephasing time is calculated for a disordered metal with small concentration of superconductive grains. Above the macroscopic superconducting transition line, when electrons in the metal are normal, Andreev reflection from the grains leads to a nearly temperature-independent contribution to the dephasing rate. In a broad temperature range strongly exceeds the prediction of the classical theory of dephasing in normal disordered conductors, whereas magnetoresistance is dominated (in two dimensions) by the Maki-Tompson correction and is positive.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0311178,
title = {Dephasing in disordered metals with superconductive grains},
author = {M. A. Skvortsov and A. I. Larkin and M. V. Feigel'man},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0311178},
year = {2007}
}
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7 pages, 2 figures