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Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition in nanoporous films of superconducting NbN
School of Physical Sciences, UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (E), Mumbai 400098, India.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Condensed Matter Theory.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3794-0816
Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Condensed Matter Theory.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9881-7857
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2025 (English)In: Physical Review B, ISSN 2469-9950, E-ISSN 2469-9969, Vol. 112, no 22, p. 1-6, article id L220501Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We present a study of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition in mildly disordered NbN nanoporous (NP) films. The measured superfluid stiffness, Js, is found to be much lower than that predicted considering a reduced geometric area. For a 5 nm thick NP film, a distinct BKT transition is observed. By fitting the experimental data via the BKT renormalization-group equations, we show how both Js and the vortex-core energy, μ, decrease in the presence of nanopores. The variation of Js and μ is also reproduced theoretically via Monte Carlo numerical simulations on a 2D diluted XY model. Our results show that nanopore geometries effectively enhance the 2D nature of the superconducting films, increasing the parameter space to explore the BKT physics while offering a pathway to systematically control the two energy scales, Js and μ, that govern the vortex physics in these systems.

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American Physical Society (APS) , 2025. Vol. 112, no 22, p. 1-6, article id L220501
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-375713DOI: 10.1103/p1t4-hst3ISI: 001634453500004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105026247312OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-375713DiVA, id: diva2:2029697
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