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Complete electrodynamics of a BCS superconductor with μeV energy scales: Microwave spectroscopy on titanium at mK temperatures

Markus Thiemann, Martin Dressel, and Marc Scheffler
Phys. Rev. B 97, 214516 – Published 20 June 2018

Abstract

We performed resonant microwave measurements on superconducting titanium (Ti) down to temperatures of 40 mK, well below its critical temperature Tc0.5 K. Our wide frequency range 3.3–40 GHz contains the zero-temperature energy gap 2Δ0 and allows us to probe the full electrodynamics of the superconducting state, including excitations across the gap and the low-frequency responses of superfluid condensate and thermal quasiparticles. The observed behavior follows the predictions of the BCS-based Mattis-Bardeen formalism, which implies that superconducting Ti is in the dirty limit, in agreement with our determination of the scattering rate. We directly determine the temperature dependence of the energy gap, which is in accordance with BCS predictions, and 2Δ0/kBTc3.5 with Δ072μeV. We also evaluate the penetration depth, and we characterize the behavior of superconducting Ti in external magnetic field.

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  • Received 8 March 2018
  • Revised 23 April 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.214516

©2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Markus Thiemann, Martin Dressel, and Marc Scheffler

  • 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany

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Vol. 97, Iss. 21 — 1 June 2018

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