Destructive regime and quantum phase transition in doubly connected superconducting cylinders

H. Wang, N. A. Kurz, Ying Liu

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Abstract

We have studied experimentally the physics of the destructive regime, the loss of superconductivity around half-flux quanta, in ultrathin, doubly connected superconducting cylinders when their diameters become smaller than the superconducting coherence length at zero temperature. We show that the transition from the superconducting to normal behavior at the onset of the destructive regime is very sharp. Near this zero-temperature quantum phase transition, there appears to be a phase separation in which normal regions nucleate in a homogeneous superconducting cylinder.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationLOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Subtitle of host publication24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24
Pages961-962
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2006
EventLOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS: 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: Aug 10 2006Oct 17 2006

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume850
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherLOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS: 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period8/10/0610/17/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

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