THE ONSET OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN ULTRATHIN AMORPHOUS METAL-FILMS

被引:8
作者
HAVILAND, DB
LIU, Y
NEASE, B
GOLDMAN, AM
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA,CTR SCI & APPLICAT SUPERCOND,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
[2] UNIV MINNESOTA,SCH PHYS & ASTRON,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
来源
PHYSICA B | 1990年 / 165卷
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10.1016/S0921-4526(09)80314-1
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The onset of superconductivity in homogeneous ultrathin films grown incrementally is found to occur when their normal state sheet resistance falls below a value close to h/4e2, the quantum resistance for pairs. The data, which extends down to 0.4k, further suggest that in the T → 0 limit such films are either superconducting or insulating, and that there may be a superconductorinsulator transition controlled by disorder. © 1990, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland). All rights reserved.
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页码:1457 / 1458
页数:2
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