https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2009-00045-3
Length-scale dependent superconductor-insulator quantum phase transitions in one dimension
PoornaPrajna Institute of Scientific Research, 4 Sadashivanagar, 5600 80 Bangalore, India
Corresponding author: a sujit@physics.iisc.ernet.in
Received:
23
May
2008
Revised:
15
September
2008
Published online:
14
February
2009
We study the dissipation physics of a one dimensional mesoscopic superconducting quantum interference device array using the field-theoretical renormalization group method. We observe length scale dependent, superconductor-insulator quantum phase transition at very low temperature and also observe the dual behavior of the system for higher and lower values of magnetic field. At a critical magnetic field, we also observe a critical behavior where the resistance is independent of length.
PACS: 74.78.Na – Mesoscopic and nanoscale systems / 74.90.+n – Other topics in superconductivity / 05.10.Cc – Renormalization group methods
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