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Quantum fluctuations are pivotal in driving quantum phase transitions, exemplified by the quantum melting of Wigner crystals into Fermi liquids in electron systems. However, their impact on superconducting systems near zero temperature,…

We consider the fluctuation conductivity in the critical region of a disorder induced quantum phase transition in layered d-wave superconductors. We specifically address the fluctuation contribution to the system's conductivity in the limit…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Tifrea , D. Bodea , I. Grosu , M. Crisan

As the normal state sheet resistance, $R_n$, of a thin film superconductor increases, its superconducting properties degrade. For $R_n\simeq h/4e^2$ superconductivity disappears and a transition to a nonsuperconducting state occurs. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 J. M. Valles , J. A. Chervenak , S. -Y. Hsu , T. J. Kouh

Motivated by a recent controversy on a possible quantum phase in thin films of relatively clean superconductors under an out-of-plane magnetic field, the quantum fluctuation effects on the phase diagram and the resistivity are reexamined.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-09 Naratip Nunchot , Ryusuke Ikeda

We present results on disordered amorphous films which are expected to undergo a field-tuned Superconductor-Insulator Transition. Based on low-field data and I-V characteristics, we find evidence of a low temperature Metal-to-Superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Nadya Mason , Aharon Kapitulnik

The discovery of superconductivity at 200 K in the hydrogen sulfide system at large pressures [1] was a clear demonstration that hydrogen-rich materials can be high-temperature superconductors. The recent synthesis of LaH$_{10}$ with a…

In fermionic systems with different types of quasi-particles, attractive interactions can give rise to exotic superconducting states, as pair density wave (PDW) superconductivity and breached pairing. In the last years the search for these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-20 Aline Ramires , Mucio A. Continentino

The mechanism through which superconductivity is destroyed upon controlled disordering often holds the key to understanding the mechanism of emergence of superconductivity. Here we demonstrate an $in$-$situ$ mechanism to control the…

We develop a finite temperature mean field theory in the path integral picture for an extremely dilute system of interacting Fermions in a plane. In the limit of short ranged interactions, the system is shown to undergo a phase transition…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Agarwal , S. G. Rajeev

We investigate the field tuned quantum phase transition in a 2D low-disorder amorphous InO$_x$ film in the frequency range of 0.05 to 16 GHz employing microwave spectroscopy. In the zero temperature limit, the AC data are consistent with a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-02-27 Wei Liu , LiDong Pan , Jiajia Wen , Minsoo Kim , G. Sambandamurthy , N. P. Armitage

We study the transport properties of a quasi-two-dimensional diffusive normal metal film attached to a superconductor. We demonstrate that the properties of such films can essentially differ from those of quasi-one-dimensional systems: in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-30 Frank K. Wilhelm , Andrei D. Zaikin , Herve Courtois , .

Motivated by recent experimental data on thin film superconductors and oxide interfaces we propose a random-resistor network apt to describe the occurrence of a metal-superconductor transition in a two-dimensional electron system with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-05-03 D. Bucheli , S. Caprara , C. Castellani , M. Grilli

We discuss the scenario of superconducing transition for quasi two dimension HTS with spin fluctuation pairing mechanism. At mean field temperature of 2D superconducting transition the interaction of fluctuation spin waves with holes in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Sergeeva

In several unconventional superconductors, the highest superconducting transition temperature $T_{c}$ is found in a region of the phase diagram where the antiferromagnetic transition temperature extrapolates to zero, signaling a putative…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-31 Xiaoyu Wang , Yoni Schattner , Erez Berg , Rafael M. Fernandes

Understanding the roles of disorder and superconducting phase fluctuation in superconductivity has been a long-standing challenge. For example, while the phase fluctuation is expected to destroy the superconductivity of intrinsically…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-08 F. Yang , L. Q. Chen

The superconductor-insulator transition (SIT) is considered an excellent example of a quantum phase transition which is driven by quantum fluctuations at zero temperature. The quantum critical point is characterized by a diverging…

The superconductor-insulator transition in two dimensions has been widely investigated as a paradigmatic quantum phase transition. The topic remains controversial, however, because many experiments exhibit a metallic regime with saturating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-07 C. G. L. Bøttcher , F. Nichele , M. Kjaergaard , H. J. Suominen , J. Shabani , C. J. Palmstrøm , C. M. Marcus

Zero-temperature or quantum phase transitions in itinerant electronic systems both with and without quenched disordered are discussed. Phase transitions considered include, the ferromagnetic transition, the antiferromagnetic transition, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-02-03 T. R. Kirkpatrick , D. Belitz

We study the effect of thermal fluctuations on the critical dynamics of the three-dimensional disordered superconductor across the normal-superconducting transition. We employ a phenomenological hydrodynamic approach, and in particular find…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Smitha Vishveshwara , Matthew P. A. Fisher

We consider an inhomogeneous anisotropic gap superconductor in the vicinity of the quantum critical point, where the transition temperature is suppressed to zero by disorder. Starting with the BCS Hamiltonian, we derive the Ginzburg-Landau…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Victor Galitski