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Quantum Superconductor-Metal Transitions in the Presence of Quenched Disorder
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
  • Nicholas A. Lewellyn
  • Ilana M. Percher
  • J. J. Nelson
  • Javier Garcia-Barriocanal
  • Irina Volotsenko
  • Aviad Frydman
  • Thomas Vojta, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Allen M. Goldman
Abstract

InOx films that are less disordered than those exhibiting direct quantum superconductor-insulator transitions feature quantum superconductor-metal transitions tuned by magnetic field. Resistance data across this superconductor-metal transition obey activated scaling, with critical exponents suggesting that the transition is governed by an infinite-randomness critical point in the universality class of the random transverse-field Ising model in two dimensions. The transition is accompanied by quantum Griffiths effects. This unusual behavior is expected for systems with quenched disorder in the presence of ohmic dissipation. Disorder leads to the formation of large rare regions which are locally ordered superconducting puddles dispersed in a metallic matrix. Their dissipative dynamics causes the activated scaling, as predicted by a renormalization group theory.

Department(s)
Physics
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
  • Quantum Griffiths effects,
  • Quenched disorder,
  • Superconductor-metal transitions
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Springer, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Publication Date
01 Jan 2020
Disciplines
Citation Information
Nicholas A. Lewellyn, Ilana M. Percher, J. J. Nelson, Javier Garcia-Barriocanal, et al.. "Quantum Superconductor-Metal Transitions in the Presence of Quenched Disorder" Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Vol. 33 Iss. 1 (2020) p. 183 - 190 ISSN: 1557-1939; 1557-1947
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas-vojta/155/