Fluctuoscopy of Disordered Two-Dimensional Superconductors

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Abstract

We revise the long studied problem of fluctuation conductivity (FC) in disordered two-dimensional superconductors placed in a perpendicular magnetic field by finally deriving the complete solution in the temperature-magnetic field phase diagram. The obtained expressions allow both to perform straightforward (numerical) calculation of the FC surface δσxx(tot)(T,H)δσ_{xx}^{(\mathrm{tot})}(T,H) and to get asymptotic expressions in all its qualitatively different domains. This surface becomes in particular non-trivial at low temperatures, where it is trough-shaped with % δσ_{xx}^{(\mathrm{tot})}(T,H)<0. In this region, close to the quantum phase transition, δσxx(tot)(T,H=const)δσ_{xx}^{(\mathrm{tot})}(T,H=\mathrm{const}) is non-monotonic, in agreement with experimental findings. We reanalyzed and present comparisons to several experimental measurements. Based on our results we derive a qualitative picture of superconducting fluctuations close to Hc2(0)H_{\mathrm{c2}}(0) and T=0 where fluctuation Cooper pairs rotate with cyclotron frequency ωc∼ΔBCS−1ω_{c}\simΔ_{\mathrm{BCS}}^{-1} and Larmor radius ∼ξBCS\sim ξ_{\mathrm{BCS}}, forming some kind of quantum liquid with long coherence length ξQF≫ξBCSξ_{\mathrm{QF}}\ggξ_{\mathrm{BCS}} and slow relaxation (τQF≫ℏΔBCS−1τ_{\mathrm{QF}}\gg\hbarΔ_{\mathrm{BCS}}^{-1}).

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