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Direct observation of quantum superconducting fluctuations in an insulating groundstate

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 نشر من قبل N. Peter Armitage
 تاريخ النشر 2007
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We review our recent measurements of the complex AC conductivity of thin InO_x films studied as a function of magnetic field through the nominal 2D superconductor-insulator transition. These measurements - the first of their type to probe nonzero frequency - reveals a significant finite frequency superfluid stiffness well into the insulating regime. Unlike conventional fluctuation superconductivity in which thermal fluctuations give a superconducting response in regions of parameter space that dont exhibit long range order, these fluctuations are temperature independent as T --> 0 and are exhibited in samples where the resistance is large (greater than 10^6 Ohms/Square) and strongly diverging. We interpret this as the direct observation of quantum superconducting fluctuations around an insulating ground state. This system serves as a prototype for other insulating states of matter that derive from superconductors.

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