The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition and Anomalous Metallic Phase in a Hybrid Josephson Junction Array

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Autori principali: Bøttcher, C. G. L., Nichele, F., Shabani, J., Palmstrøm, C. J., Marcus, C. M.
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author Bøttcher, C. G. L.
Nichele, F.
Shabani, J.
Palmstrøm, C. J.
Marcus, C. M.
author_facet Bøttcher, C. G. L.
Nichele, F.
Shabani, J.
Palmstrøm, C. J.
Marcus, C. M.
contents We investigate the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in a semiconductor-superconductor two-dimensional Josephson junction array. Tuned by an electrostatic top gate, the system exhibits separate superconducting (S), anomalous metal (M*), and insulating (I) phases, bordered by separatrices of the temperature-dependent of sheet resistance, $R_{s}$. We find that the gate-dependent BKT transition temperature falls to zero at the S-M* boundary, suggesting incomplete vortex-antivortex pairing in the M* phase. In the S phase, $R_{s}$ is roughly proportional to perpendicular magnetic field at the BKT transition, as expected, while in the M* phase $R_{s}$ deviates from its zero-field value as a power-law in field with exponent close to 1/2 at low temperature. An in-plane magnetic field eliminates the M* phase, leaving a small scaling exponent at the S-I boundary, which we interpret as a remnant of the incipient M* phase.
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spellingShingle The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition and Anomalous Metallic Phase in a Hybrid Josephson Junction Array
Bøttcher, C. G. L.
Nichele, F.
Shabani, J.
Palmstrøm, C. J.
Marcus, C. M.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
We investigate the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in a semiconductor-superconductor two-dimensional Josephson junction array. Tuned by an electrostatic top gate, the system exhibits separate superconducting (S), anomalous metal (M*), and insulating (I) phases, bordered by separatrices of the temperature-dependent of sheet resistance, $R_{s}$. We find that the gate-dependent BKT transition temperature falls to zero at the S-M* boundary, suggesting incomplete vortex-antivortex pairing in the M* phase. In the S phase, $R_{s}$ is roughly proportional to perpendicular magnetic field at the BKT transition, as expected, while in the M* phase $R_{s}$ deviates from its zero-field value as a power-law in field with exponent close to 1/2 at low temperature. An in-plane magnetic field eliminates the M* phase, leaving a small scaling exponent at the S-I boundary, which we interpret as a remnant of the incipient M* phase.
title The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition and Anomalous Metallic Phase in a Hybrid Josephson Junction Array
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.00318