Superconductivity behavior in epitaxial TiN films points at surface magnetic disorder

Abstract

We analyze the evolution of the normal and superconducting electronic properties in epitaxial TiN films, characterized by high Ioffe-Regel parameter values, as a function of the film thickness. As the film thickness decreases, we observe an increase of in the residual resistivity, which becomes dominated by diffusive surface scattering for $d\le 20$nm. At the same time, a substantial thickness-dependent reduction of the superconducting critical temperature is observed compared to the bulk TiN value. In such a high quality material films, this effect can be explained by a weak magnetic disorder residing in the surface layer with a characteristic magnetic defect density of $\sim 10^{12}{\mathrm{cm}}^{-2}$. Our results suggest that surface magnetic disorder is generally present in oxidized TiN films.

arXiv comment10 pages, 7 figures

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