Negative magnetoresistance and quantum oscillations in ultrathin perforated PtSi films

Baturina, T. I.; Tsaplin, Yu.A.; Plotnikov, A. E.; Baklanov, Mikhaı̈l R.

doi:10.1016/j.physb.2006.01.406

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“…In particular, a JJ array on a honeycomb lattice with f = 1/2, should display interesting resistive behavior. As a model of phase fluctuations, it should be relevant to ultra-thin superconducting films with a periodic pattern of nanoholes 20,21 , which can be regarded as a lattice of pinning centers. While for a square lattice of nanoholes, the magnetoresistance oscillates with the applied field, displaying secondary minima at f = 1/2 as for a square JJ array 20 , for a triangular lattice 21 it shows only minima at integer flux quantum per lattice unit cell.…”

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Resistive transition in frustrated Josephson-junction arrays on a honeycomb lattice

Granato¹

2013

Phys. Rev. B

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We use driven Monte Carlo dynamics to study the resistive behavior of superconducting Josephson junction arrays on a honeycomb lattice in a magnetic field corresponding to f flux quantum per plaquette. While for f = 1/3 the onset of zero resistance is found at nonzero temperature, for f = 1/2 the results are consistent with a transition scenario where the critical temperature vanishes and the linear resistivity shows thermally activated behavior. We determine the thermal critical exponent of the zero-temperature transition for f = 1/2, from a dynamic scaling analysis of the nonlinear resistivity. The resistive behavior agrees with recent results obtained for the phase-coherence transition from correlation length calculations and with experimental observations on ultra-thin superconducting films with a triangular pattern of nanoholes.

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Resistive transition in frustrated Josephson-junction arrays on a honeycomb lattice

Granato¹

2013

Phys. Rev. B

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“…More extended temperature regions of the MR oscillations were reported in Refs. [35,36,[44][45][46][47][48]. Juxtaposing the data obtained for various systems and inspecting the systems' geometric characteristics we observe that as a rule the low-temperature boundary for the MR oscillations to appear corresponds to the temperature at which the ratio w/ξ d (T ) 5, where w is the width of the superconducting constriction and ξ d (T ) = ξ d (0)/ 1 − T /T c .…”

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“…One distinguishes additional well-defined dips at B/B 0 = 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, and 3/4. The previous observations reported the B/B 0 = 1/2 feature in square Josephson junction arrays [25][26][27][28], proximityeffect junction arrays [29][30][31][32], perforated films and superconducting wire networks [33][34][35][36]. The "full" set of dips was observed in the MR of square JJA [27,28] and in proximity-effect junction arrays [32] and in the critical temperature variation in square superconducting wire network [33].…”

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Nanopattern-stimulated superconductor-insulator transition in thin TiN films

Baturina

Vinokur²,

Mironov³

et al. 2011

EPL

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We present the results of the comparative study of the influence of disorder on transport properties in continuous and nanoperforated TiN films. We show that nanopatterning turns a thin TiN film into an array of superconducting weak links and stimulates both, the disorder-and magnetic field-driven superconductor-to-insulator transitions, pushing them to lower degree of disorder. We find that nanopatterning enhances the role of the two-dimensional Coulomb interaction in the system transforming the originally insulating film into a more pronounced insulator. We observe magnetoresistance oscillations reflecting collective behaviour of the multiconnected nanopatterned superconducting film in the wide range of temperatures and uncover the physical mechanism of these oscillations as phase slips in superconducting weak link network.That a thin film of the same material can be a superconductor but can very well turn an insulator, is one of the most remarkable aspects of disordered superconductors [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. The engine driving the transition between the superconducting and insulating states is disorder the effect of which is two-fold. On the one hand, disorder limits the electron diffusion enhancing thus the Coulomb electron-electron interaction which competes with the Cooper pairing [8,9]. The latter in an interplay with the disorder-induced inhomogeneities localizes Cooper pairs to form an insulating state, Cooper-pair insulator. A restricted geometry is critical to effects of disorder -for the insulating state to be observed the superconducting material is to be thinned down till its thickness d becomes comparable to or smaller than the superconducting coherence length ξ. One of the major experimental challenges in these studies remains the optimization of material parameters taking it to the closest proximity of the direct superconductor-insulator transition and identifying the systems that exhibit such a transition at available temperatures. In this Letter we meet this challenge via creating a metamaterial with the desirable properties, the multiconnected thin superconducting film. We show that nanopatterning a thin TiN film into a regular sievelike configuration turns it into an array of weak links and, therefore, stimulates the direct superconductor-toinsulator transition. Depending on the original degree of disorder it either suppresses the critical temperature T c , or drives the initially superconducting film into an insulating state, or else, transforms the originally insulating film into an even more pronounced insulator.As a starting material we have chosen a 5 nm thin TiN film which was identical by its parameters to those that experienced the superconductor-insulator transition after soft plasma etching [10][11][12][13] and which were fully characterized by the high resolution electron beam, infrared [14], and low-temperature scanning tunnelling spectroscopy [15]. The smooth, continuous, and uniform TiN film was formed on the Si/SiO 2 substrate by atomic layer deposition. The film had the super...

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Magnetic Field Evolution of the Linear and Nonlinear Conduction of Perforated TiN Films

Mironov

Postolova

Nasimov

2020

J. Exp. Theor. Phys.

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Negative magnetoresistance and quantum oscillations in ultrathin perforated PtSi films

Cited by 4 publications

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Resistive transition in frustrated Josephson-junction arrays on a honeycomb lattice

Resistive transition in frustrated Josephson-junction arrays on a honeycomb lattice

Nanopattern-stimulated superconductor-insulator transition in thin TiN films

Magnetic Field Evolution of the Linear and Nonlinear Conduction of Perforated TiN Films

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