Superconducting properties of polycrystalline Nb nanowires templated by carbon nanotubes

Abstract

Continuous Nb wires, 7-15 nm in diameter, have been fabricated by sputter-coating single fluorinated carbon nanotubes. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the wires are polycrystalline, having grain sizes of about 5 nm. The critical current of wires thicker than ~12 nm is very high (10^7 A/cm^2) and comparable to the expected depairing current. The resistance versus temperature curves measured down to 0.3 K are well described by the Langer-Ambegaokar-McCumber-Halperin (LAMH) theory of thermally activated phase slips. Quantum phase slips are suppressed.

11 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in Appl. Phys. Lett

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• Quantum Phase Slips in Superconducting Nanowires
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