Abstract
A detailed study of the resistive transition of Nb.88Ti.12N films has been performed from 10 out to 50K to test the theory of superconducting fluctuations. A crucial prediction of this theory is a change in the temperature dependence of the resistance corresponding to a change in the ratio of the film thickness to the temperature-dependent coherence length from d/ξ(T) 3 to d/ξ(T) < 3. We believe that we have observed this transition. The value of Aslamazov-Larkin parameter obtained from the three-dimensional region (d/ξ 3) is about 1 3 the value computed from the normal sheet resistance of the film. A remarkable feature of the transition is that the superconducting fluctuations possibly affect the resistivity at temperatures as high as 33K.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 234-242 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Physica |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | C |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1971 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:I Supported in part by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission under and by U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Office of Aerospace $ Alfred P. Sloan Fellow