Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in Proximity-Coupled Superconducting Arrays

D. J. Resnick, J. C. Garland, J. T. Boyd, S. Shoemaker, and R. S. Newrock
Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 1542 – Published 23 November 1981
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Evidence for the Kosterlitz-Thouless vortex unbinding transition is reported in triangular planar arrays of proximity-coupled Pb-Sn junctions. The temperature dependence of the resistive transition and the nonlinear features of the current-voltage characteristics are consistent with recent theories of topological ordering in two-dimensional superconductors.

  • Received 14 September 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.1542

©1981 American Physical Society

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D. J. Resnick and J. C. Garland

  • Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

J. T. Boyd*, S. Shoemaker, and R. S. Newrock

  • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221

  • *Permanent address: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.

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Vol. 47, Iss. 21 — 23 November 1981

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