Slow electron-phonon relaxation controls the dynamics of the superconducting resistive transition
We investigate the temporal and spatial scales of resistance fluctuations ($R$ fluctuations) at the superconducting resistive transition accessed through voltage fluctuation measurements in thin epitaxial TiN films. This material is characterized by slow electron-phonon relaxation, which puts it far beyond the applicability range of the textbook scenario of superconducting fluctuations. The measured Lorentzian spectrum of the $R$ fluctuations identifies their correlation time, which is nearly constant across the transition region and has no relation to the conventional Ginzburg-Landau timescale. Instead, the correlation time coincides with the energy relaxation time determined by a combination of the electron-phonon relaxation and the relaxation via diffusion into reservoirs. Our data are quantitatively consistent with the model of spontaneous temperature fluctuations and highlight the lack of understanding of the resistive transition in materials with slow electron-phonon relaxation.
Authors
- Vladimir M. Shalaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8976-1102)
- E. M. Baeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6805-2670)
- G. N. Goltsman
- V. S. Khrapai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1053-9654)
- Soham Saha
- N. A. Titova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8066-8822)
- A. Semenov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0576-1955)
- Simeon Bogdanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5608-546X)
- A. I. Kolbatova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4490-9031)
- A. Levchenko
- Alexandra Boltasseva
Institutions
- National Research University Higher School of Economics (RU)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (RU)
- Moscow State Pedagogical University (RU)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- National University of Science and Technology (ZW)
- Russian Quantum Center (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.104519
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.93
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- Office of Science
- Basic Energy Sciences