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Observation of a superconducting glass state in granular superconducting diamond

Superconductivity 2018-03-06 v1

Abstract

The magnetic field dependence of the superconductivity in nanocrystalline boron doped diamond thin films is reported. Evidence of a glass state in the phase diagram is presented, as demonstrated by electrical resistance and magnetic relaxation measurements. The position of the phase boundary in the H-T plane is determined from resistance data by detailed fitting to zero-dimensional fluctuation conductivity theory. This allows determination of the boundary between resistive and non-resistive behavior to be made with greater precision than the standard ad hoc onset/midpoint/offset criterion.

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@article{arxiv.1803.01637,
  title  = {Observation of a superconducting glass state in granular superconducting diamond},
  author = {G. M. Klemencic and J. M. Fellows and J. M. Werrell and S. Mandal and S. R. Giblin and R. A. Smith and O. A. Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.01637},
  year   = {2018}
}