Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in Proximity-Coupled Superconducting Arrays
Douglas J. ResnickDepartment of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210J. C. GarlandDepartment of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210J. T. BoydDepartment of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210S. ShoemakerDepartment of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210R. S. NewrockDepartment of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Abstract
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.
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