Effect of external electromagnetic radiation on the anomalous metallic behaviors in Ta thin films
arXiv:2007.11923 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.184501
Abstract
We investigated transport characteristics of superconducting Ta thin films with three configurations in rf radiation filters; no filter, only room-temperature filters, and low-temperature filters in addition to room-temperature filters. The transport properties near the transition temperature are strongly dependent on whether the room-temperature filter is installed or not. The entire transition is shifted to higher temperature with loading layers of the room-temperature filters. Once the zero-resistance state is achieved at B=0, no strong radiation effect is observed even with low-temperature filters installed. When magnetic field is turned on, the nonzero-resistance saturation at low temperatures is revealed without low-temperature filters, which has been considered to be magnetic-field-induced quantum metallic phase. However, the insertion of the additional low-temperature filter weakens the saturation of the resistance, the signature of the metallic behavior. This observation suggests that the previously reported anomalous metallic state in Ta films is mainly induced by the unfiltered radiation and, thus, the intrinsic metallic ground state should be limited to the narrow range of magnetic fields near the critical point, if exists.
arXiv comment13 pages, 7 figures
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