Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition in nanoporous films of superconducting NbNShow others and affiliations
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
Abstract [en]
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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Physical Society (APS) , 2025. Vol. 112, no 22, p. 1-6, article id L220501
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Condensed Matter Physics
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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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QC 20260119
2026-01-192026-01-192026-01-19Bibliographically approved