Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2010-06-05
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Since the analysis of the data have been refined in a subsequent submission this paper is being withdrawn
Scientific paper
We present transport, Hall effect, electronic tunnelling and penetration depth studies in 3D homogeneously disordered epitaxial NbN thin films with disorder ranging from the moderately clean limit (k_Fl~10.12) to the very dirty limit (k_Fl~1.24). The superconducting transition temperature (T_c) decreases from ~17K to less than 350mK with increasing disorder. The T_c and conductivity at the lowest temperature both asymptotically approach zero as k_Fl tends to 1, indicating a coincidence of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) and the superconductor-insulator transition. Close to critical disorder there is spatial inhomogeneity in the superconducting density of states (DOS) and the superconducting state is governed by quantum phase fluctuations. This results in suppression of the superfluid density (n_s) and a pseudogap state where the resistance is no longer zero but the energy gap remains finite
Bagwe Vivas C.
Benfatto Lara
Chand Madhavi
Jesudasan John
Kamlapure Anand
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