A broadband microwave study of the superconducting~fluctuations in 2D InOx thin films

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Abstract

We apply a broadband microwave `Corbino' spectrometer covering the~range from 10MHz to 20GHz to the study of 2D disordered~superconducting InOx thin films.~ Explicit frequency dependency of~the superfluid stiffness and conductivity are obtained down to 270mK.~The AC measurements are sensitive to different time scales of the~superconducting fluctuations.~ A number of fluctuation regimes are~investigated (gaussian fluctuations, vortex proliferation) as we cool~the sample into the low-temperature Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii- like phase.~We discuss our results in terms of prevailing scenarios~for fluctuation superconductivity and make connection to other~experimental results.

Authors

  • Wei Liu

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Minsoo Kim

    SUNY-Buffalo, University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260

  • Tailung Wu

    Physics Dept., University at Buffalo, SUNY, SUNY-Buffalo, University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260

  • G. Sambandamurthy

    Physics Dept., University at Buffalo, SUNY, SUNY-Buffalo, NHMFL/FSU; Princeton EE, University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260

  • Peter Armitage

    JHU Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy; JHU Institute for Quantum Matter, Johns Hopkins University