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TR Lemberger

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PubMed2000

Effect of thermal phase fluctuations on the superfluid density of two-dimensional superconducting films

High precision measurements of the complex sheet conductivity of superconducting a-Mo77Ge23 thin films have been made from 0.4 K through T(c). A sharp drop in the inverse sheet inductance, L-1(T), is observed at a temperature, T(c), which lies below the mean-field transition temperature T(c0). Just below T(c), the suppression of L-1(T) below its mean-field value indicates that longitudinal phase fluctuations have nearly their full classical amplitude, but they disappear rapidly as T decreases. We argue that there is a quantum crossover at about 0.94T(c0), below which classical phase fluctuations are suppressed.

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PubMed2000

Metallic nonsuperconducting phase and D-wave superconductivity in Zn-substituted La1.85Sr0.15CuO4

Measurements of the resistivity, magnetoresistance, and penetration depth were made on films of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4, with up to 12 at. % of Zn substituted for the Cu. The results show that the quadratic temperature dependence of the inverse square of the penetration depth, indicative of d-wave superconductivity, is not affected by doping. The suppression of superconductivity leads to a metallic nonsuperconducting phase, as expected for a pairing mechanism related to spin fluctuations. The metal-insulator transition occurs in the vicinity of k(F)l approximately 1, and appears to be disorder driven, with the carrier concentration unaffected by doping.

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