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Dephasing in disordered metals with superconductive grains

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

Temperature dependence of electron dephasing time τϕ(T)\tau_\phi(T) 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 1/τphi(T)1/\tau_phi(T) 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.

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@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

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