Quantum phase slips in superconducting Nb nanowire networks deposited on self-assembled Si templates

Abstract

Robust porous silicon substrates were employed for generating interconnected networks of superconducting ultrathin Nb nanowires. Scanning electron microscopy analysis was performed to investigate the morphology of the samples, which constitute of polycrystalline single wires with grain size of about 10 nm. The samples exhibit nonzero resistance over a broad temperature range below the critical temperature, fingerprint of phase slippage processes. The transport data are satisfactory reproduced by models describing both thermal and quantum fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter in thin homogeneous superconducting wires.

accepted for publication on Applied Physics Letters

References in corpus (3)

• Coherent quantum phase slip
• Thermal fluctuations in superconducting nanowires
• Superconducting properties of Nb thin films deposited on porous silicon templates

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