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极薄外延NbN薄膜的穿透深度和隧穿研究

Penetration depth and tunneling studies in very thin epitaxial NbN films

Anand Kamlapure, Mintu Mondal, Madhavi Chand, Archana Mishra, John Jesudasan, Vivas Bagwe, L. Benfatto, Vikram Tripathi, Pratap Raychaudhuri

摘要:

利用低频互感技术和低温扫描隧道显微镜(STM)的隧道谱研究了NbN外延薄膜的磁穿透深度和超导能隙的演化。当薄膜厚度从50 nm减小到3 nm时,在最佳生长条件下生长的薄膜的超导转变温度(Tc)从15.87K单调下降到9.16K。随着膜厚度的减小,Δ(0)单调减小,而λ(0)单调增大。我们观察到,Tc,λ(0)和δ(0)的Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer(BCS)理论很好地描述了在所有的薄膜,除了两个最薄的,我们看到的证据,Kosterlitz-Bronchless-Berezinski(KTB)过渡接近Tc。

英文摘要:

We investigate evolution of the magnetic penetration depth and superconducting energy gap in epitaxial NbN films using a low frequency mutual inductance technique and tunneling spectroscopy using a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The superconducting transition temperature (Tc) for films grown under optimal growth conditions decreases monotonically from 15.87K to 9.16K as the film thickness is decreased from 50nm to 3nm. With decrease in film thickness delta(0) monotonically decreases, whereas lambda(0) monotonically increases. We observe that Tc, lambda(o) and delta(0) are well described by Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory in all films other than the two thinnest ones where we see evidence of the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinski (KTB) transition close to Tc.

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