Unbinding of charge-anticharge pairs in two-dimensional arrays of small tunnel junctions Export

@article{citeulike:4835538, abstract = {We describe the behavior of charges in two-dimensional arrays of normal-metal tunnel junctions with very small capacitance. A Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii phase transition with unbinding of charge-anticharge pairs occurs at a transition temperature of about T c = e 2 /8π Ck B ; with C the junction capacitance. We calculate the influence of tunneling conductance; T c is reduced with increasing conductance and no transition occurs for junction conductance above (14 kΩ) -1 . In the superconducting state a similar transition occurs at a 4 times higher T c . We present the first experimental results on the conductive transition of an array in the normal and superconducting states.}, author = {Mooij, J. E. and van Wees, B. J. and Geerligs, L. J. and Peters, M. and Fazio, R. and Sch\"on, G.}, citeulike-article-id = {4835538}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.645}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v65/i5/p645_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v65/i5/p645_1}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.645}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {2d, bessel, capacitance, classic, granular, ln, logarithmic, unbinding}, month = {Jul}, number = {5}, pages = {645--648}, posted-at = {2009-06-23 10:36:43}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Unbinding of charge-anticharge pairs in two-dimensional arrays of small tunnel junctions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.645}, volume = {65}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4835538 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4835538 N2 - We describe the behavior of charges in two-dimensional arrays of normal-metal tunnel junctions with very small capacitance. A Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii phase transition with unbinding of charge-anticharge pairs occurs at a transition temperature of about T c = e 2 /8π Ck B ; with C the junction capacitance. We calculate the influence of tunneling conductance; T c is reduced with increasing conductance and no transition occurs for junction conductance above (14 kΩ) -1 . In the superconducting state a similar transition occurs at a 4 times higher T c . We present the first experimental results on the conductive transition of an array in the normal and superconducting states. IS - 5 JF - Physical Review Letters EP - 648 TI - Unbinding of charge-anticharge pairs in two-dimensional arrays of small tunnel junctions PB - American Physical Society VL - 65 SP - 645 KW - 2d KW - bessel KW - capacitance KW - classic KW - granular KW - ln KW - logarithmic KW - unbinding AU - Mooij, JE AU - van Wees, BJ AU - Geerligs, LJ AU - Peters, M AU - Fazio, R AU - Sch\"on, G PY - 1990/Jul// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.645 ER -