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Author Bell, M.; Sergeev, A.; Mitin, V.; Bird, J.; Verevkin, A.; Gol’tsman, G.
Title One-dimensional resistive states in quasi-two-dimensional superconductors: Experiment and theory Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2007 Publication Phys. Rev. B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. B
Volume 76 Issue 9 Pages 094521 (1 to 5)
Keywords uasi-two-dimensional superconductors, NbN
Abstract We investigate competition between one- and two-dimensional topological excitations—phase slips and vortices—in the formation of resistive states in quasi-two-dimensional superconductors in a wide temperature range below the mean-field transition temperature TC0. The widths w=100nm of our ultrathin NbN samples are substantially larger than the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length ξ=4nm, and the fluctuation resistivity above TC0 has a two-dimensional character. However, our data show that the resistivity below TC0 is produced by one-dimensional excitations—thermally activated phase slip strips (PSSs) overlapping the sample cross section. We also determine the scaling phase diagram, which shows that even in wider samples the PSS contribution dominates over vortices in a substantial region of current and/or temperature variations. Measuring the resistivity within 7 orders of magnitude, we find that the quantum phase slips can only be essential below this level.
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Call Number Serial 1423
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Author Ciulin, V.; Carter, S. G.; Sherwin, M. S.
Title Terahertz optical mixing in biased GaAs single quantum wells Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2004 Publication Phys. Rev. B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. B
Volume 70 Issue 11 Pages 115312-(1-6)
Keywords optical mixing
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Call Number Serial 501
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Author Boogaard, G.R.; Verbruggen, A.H.; Belzig, W.; Klapwijk T.M.
Title Resistance of superconducting nanowires connected to normal-metal leads Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2004 Publication Phys. Rev. B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. B
Volume 69 Issue Pages 220503(R)(1-4)
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Abstract We study experimentally the low temperature resistance of superconducting nanowires connected to normal metal reservoirs. Wefind that a substantial fraction of the nanowires is resistive, down to the lowest tempera-ture measured, indicative of an intrinsic boundary resistance due to the Andreev-conversion of normal current to supercurrent. The results are successfully analyzed in terms of the kinetic equations for diffusive superconductors.
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Call Number RPLAB @ atomics90 @ Serial 960
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Author Su, M. Y.; Carter, S. G.; Sherwin, M. S.
Title Strong-field terahertz optical mixing in excitons Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2003 Publication Phys. Rev. B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. B
Volume 67 Issue 12 Pages
Keywords optical mixing
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Author Tinkham, M.; Free, J. U.; Lau, C. N.; Markovic, N.
Title Hysteretic I–V curves of superconducting nanowires Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2003 Publication Phys. Rev. B Abbreviated Journal
Volume 68 Issue Pages 134515(1 to 7)
Keywords MoGe nanowires, self-heating effect
Abstract Experimental I–V curves of superconducting MoGe nanowires show hysteresis for the thicker wires and none for the thinner wires. A rather quantitative account of these data for representative wires is obtained by numerically solving the one-dimensional heat flow equation to find a self-consistent distribution of temperature and local resistivity along the wire, using the measured linear resistance R(T) as input. This suggests that the retrapping current in the hysteretic I–V curves is primarily determined by heating effects, and not by the dynamics of phase motion in a tilted washboard potential as often assumed. Heating effects and thermal fluctuations from the low-resistance state to a high-resistance, quasinormal regime appear to set independent upper bounds for the switching current.
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Call Number Serial 918
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