Dynamical conductivity at the dirty superconductor-metal quantum phase transition
We study the transport properties of ultrathin disordered nanowires in the neighborhood of the superconductor-metal quantum phase transition. To this end we combine numerical calculations with analytical strong-disorder renormalization group results. The quantum critical conductivity at zero tempera...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review letters 2010-10, Vol.105 (14), p.145702-145702, Article 145702 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We study the transport properties of ultrathin disordered nanowires in the neighborhood of the superconductor-metal quantum phase transition. To this end we combine numerical calculations with analytical strong-disorder renormalization group results. The quantum critical conductivity at zero temperature diverges logarithmically as a function of frequency. In the metallic phase, it obeys activated scaling associated with an infinite-randomness quantum critical point. We extend the scaling theory to higher dimensions and discuss implications for experiments. |
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ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
DOI: | 10.1103/physrevlett.105.145702 |