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Phys. Rev. B 64, 060504(R) (2001) [4 pages]

True superconductivity in a two-dimensional superconducting-insulating system

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Nadya Mason and Aharon Kapitulnik
Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Received 7 June 2000; published 23 July 2001

We present results on disordered amorphous films which are expected to undergo a field-tuned superconductor-insulator transition. Based on resistance and I-V characteristics, we find evidence of a low field metal-to-superconductor transition. This transition is characterized by a rapid drop in resistance and discontinuities in the I-V curves. The metallic phase just above the transition seems to be an unusual, non-Fermi metal and the superconducting phase seems to be a true zero resistance state.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.060504
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.060504
PACS:
74.20.Mn, 73.43.-f, 74.76.-w