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First experimental evidence of one-dimensional plasma modes in superconducting thin wires

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We have studied niobium superconducting thin wires deposited onto a SrTiO3_{3} substrate. By measuring the reflection coefficient of the wires, resonances are observed in the superconducting state in the 130 MHz to 4 GHz range. They are interpreted as standing wave resonances of one-dimensional plasma modes propagating along the superconducting wire. The experimental dispersion law, ω\omega versus qq, presents a linear dependence over the entire wave vector range. The modes are softened as the temperature increases close the superconducting transition temperature. Very good agreement are observed between our data and the dispersion relation predicted by Kulik and Mooij and Sch\"on.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0009146,
  title  = {First experimental evidence of one-dimensional plasma modes in superconducting thin wires},
  author = {B. Camarota and F. Parage and F. Balestro and P. Delsing and O. Buisson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0009146},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Submitted to Physical review Letters