Dynamical conductivity at the dirty superconductor-metal quantum phase transition
arXiv:1006.3793 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.145702
Abstract
We study the transport properties of ultrathin disordered nanowires in the neighborhood of the superconductor-metal quantum phase transition. To this end we combine numerical calculations with analytical strong-disorder renormalization group results. The quantum critical conductivity at zero temperature diverges logarithmically as a function of frequency. In the metallic phase, it obeys activated scaling associated with an infinite-randomness quantum critical point. We extend the scaling theory to higher dimensions and discuss implications for experiments.
4 pages, 2 figures; (v2) minor typos corrected, published version
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