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Fluctuoscopy of Disordered Two-Dimensional Superconductors

Superconductivity 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

We revise the long studied problem of fluctuation conductivity (FC) in disordered two-dimensional superconductors placed in a perpendicular magnetic field by finally deriving the complete solution in the temperature-magnetic field phase diagram. The obtained expressions allow both to perform straightforward (numerical) calculation of the FC surface δσxx(tot)(T,H)\delta\sigma_{xx}^{(\mathrm{tot})}(T,H) and to get asymptotic expressions in all its qualitatively different domains. This surface becomes in particular non-trivial at low temperatures, where it is trough-shaped with % \delta\sigma_{xx}^{(\mathrm{tot})}(T,H)<0. In this region, close to the quantum phase transition, δσxx(tot)(T,H=const)\delta\sigma_{xx}^{(\mathrm{tot})}(T,H=\mathrm{const}) is non-monotonic, in agreement with experimental findings. We reanalyzed and present comparisons to several experimental measurements. Based on our results we derive a qualitative picture of superconducting fluctuations close to Hc2(0)H_{\mathrm{c2}}(0) and T=0 where fluctuation Cooper pairs rotate with cyclotron frequency ωcΔBCS1\omega_{c}\sim\Delta_{\mathrm{BCS}}^{-1} and Larmor radius ξBCS\sim \xi_{\mathrm{BCS}}, forming some kind of quantum liquid with long coherence length ξQFξBCS\xi_{\mathrm{QF}}\gg\xi_{\mathrm{BCS}} and slow relaxation (τQFΔBCS1\tau_{\mathrm{QF}}\gg\hbar\Delta_{\mathrm{BCS}}^{-1}).

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@article{arxiv.1012.1104,
  title  = {Fluctuoscopy of Disordered Two-Dimensional Superconductors},
  author = {A. Glatz and A. A. Varlamov and V. M. Vinokur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.1104},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

26 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables, RevTex 4.1

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