Dimensional crossover and its effects on localization/interaction and superconductivity in Si/Nb multilayers

S. N. Song*, J. B. Ketterson

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Abstract

The effect of the dimensional crossover on localization/interaction and superconductivity in ultrathin Si/Nb multilayers has been studied by systematically varying the Nb and Si layer thicknesses to separately control the degree of disorder and the anisotropy. A small coupling is sufficient to drive the strongly localized states into the weak localization regime. As a result, superconductivity may persist up to an R much larger than h (2e)2. The results are in qualitative agreement with a recently proposed anisotropic tight-binding model for localization.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)325-330
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters A
Volume155
Issue number4-5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 13 1991

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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