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Scale dependent superconductor-insulator transition

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-13 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We study the disorder driven superconductor to insulator transition in amorphous films of high carrier-concentration indium-oxide. Using thin films with various sizes and aspect ratios we show that the `critical' sheet-resistance RR_{{\small \square}} depends systematically on sample geometry; superconductivity disappears when RR_{{\small \square}} exceeds 6\approx6 kΩ\Omega in large samples. On the other hand, wide and sufficiently short samples of the same batch exhibit superconductivity (judged by conductivity versus temperature) up to RR_{{\small \square}} which is considerably larger. These results support the inhomogeneous scenario for the superconductor-insulator transition.

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@article{arxiv.0708.2751,
  title  = {Scale dependent superconductor-insulator transition},
  author = {D. Kowal and Z. Ovadyahu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2751},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Contribution to the proceedings of "Fluctuations and phase transitions in superconductors", Nazareth Ilit, Israel, June 10-14, 2007

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