Observation of Giant Positive Magnetoresistance in a Cooper Pair Insulator

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2009-07-23

arxiv.org/abs/0907.4120v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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Ultrathin amorphous Bi films, patterned with a nano-honeycomb array of holes, can exhibit an insulating phase with transport dominated by the incoherent motion of Cooper pairs of electrons between localized states. Here we show that the magnetoresistance of this Cooper pair insulator phase is positive and grows exponentially with decreasing temperature, for temperatures well below the pair formation temperature. It peaks at a field estimated to be sufficient to break the pairs and then decreases monotonically into a regime in which the film resistance assumes the temperature dependence appropriate for weakly localized single electron transport. We discuss how these results support proposals that the large MR peaks in other unpatterned, ultrathin film systems disclose a Cooper Pair Insulator phase and provide new insight into the Cooper pair localization.

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