Superconductor-insulator transition is a fascinating quantum phenomenon that reveals a competition between phase order and charge localization. Microwave spectroscopy provides a novel promising approach to its controllable investigation in 1D Josephson arrays.
@article{arxiv.1910.06108,
title = {Highlighting superconductivity in an insulator},
author = {Alexander Mirlin and Ivan Protopopov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.06108},
year = {2019}
}
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