Double reentrant superconductor-insulator transition in thin TiN films

N. Hadacek, M. Sanquer, and J.-C. Villégier
Phys. Rev. B 69, 024505 – Published 9 January 2004
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Abstract

We studied the superconductor-insulator transition in very thin films of TiN (and NbN) at very low temperature (T=35mK) as a function of sheet resistance and magnetic field. The critical temperature dependence versus sheet resistance follows the Finkel’stein theory for homogeneous films. A TiN sample very close to the critical point exhibits a double reentrant behavior below T=150mK as the magnetic field increases. At large magnetic field and very low temperature a negative magnetoresistance is observed.

  • Received 30 June 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.024505

©2004 American Physical Society

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N. Hadacek, M. Sanquer, and J.-C. Villégier

  • CEA-DSM-DRFMC-SPSMS, CEA-Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex, France

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Vol. 69, Iss. 2 — 1 January 2004

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