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Volume 105, Number 6, March 2014
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Article Number | 67002 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/105/67002 | |
Published online | 26 March 2014 |
Charge dynamics across the disorder-driven superconductor-insulator transition
Harish-Chandra Research Institute - Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad 211019, India
Received: 16 October 2013
Accepted: 6 March 2014
While insensitive to weak non-magnetic disorder, an s-wave superconductor can be driven insulating by strong disorder. Using a scheme that captures the correct ground state, and fully retains thermal amplitude and phase fluctuations, we describe the disorder-driven superconductor-insulator transition at finite temperature. Our results on the resistivity suggest that beyond moderate disorder the low-temperature superconducting state can arise out of an “insulating” normal state. We also find that the low-frequency weight in the density of states and optical conductivity are non-monotonic in disorder, with a maximum near critical disorder, and their high-temperature values correlate with the superconducting fraction in the disordered ground state.
PACS: 74.62.En – Effects of disorder / 74.25.F- – Transport properties / 74.81.-g – Inhomogeneous superconductors and superconducting systems, including electronic inhomogeneities
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