Abstract
The possible existence of a Kosterlitz-Thouless vortex-antivortex dissociation transition in thin superconducting films is discussed. It is found that in practice the situation should be closely analogous to that predicted for superfluid-helium films. A simple relationship is found between the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition temperature and the sheet resistance. This relationship is compared with the observed broadening of the resistive transition of superconducting films with high sheet resistance.
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SuperconductivityCondensed matter physicsKosterlitz–Thouless transitionVortexResistive touchscreenSuperfluidityDissociation (chemistry)Transition temperatureSuperfluid helium-4Thin filmPhysicsQuantum vortexMaterials scienceChemistryQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsPhysical chemistry
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- 17
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- 1165-1168
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M. R. Beasley,
J. E. Mooij,
Terry P. Orlando
(1979).
Possibility of Vortex-Antivortex Pair Dissociation in Two-Dimensional Superconductors.
Physical Review Letters
, 42
(17)
, 1165-1168.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.42.1165
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.42.1165