Little-Parks oscillations in a single ring in the vicinity of the superconductor-insulator transition

Doron Gurovich, Konstantin S. Tikhonov, Diana Mahalu, and Dan Shahar
Phys. Rev. B 91, 174505 – Published 8 May 2015

Abstract

We present results of measurements obtained from a mesoscopic ring of a highly disordered superconductor. Superimposed on a smooth magnetoresistance background we find periodic oscillations with a period that is independent of the strength of the magnetic field. The period of the oscillations is consistent with charge transport by Cooper pairs. The oscillations persist unabated for more than 90 periods, through the transition to the insulating phase, up to our highest field of 12 T.

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  • Received 17 September 2014
  • Revised 19 April 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174505

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Doron Gurovich1,*, Konstantin S. Tikhonov1,2,3,†, Diana Mahalu1, and Dan Shahar1

  • 1Department of Condensed Matter Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
  • 2L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117940 Moscow, Russia
  • 3Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700 Moscow, Russia

  • *dmpgur@weizmann.ac.il
  • tikhonov@physics.tamu.edu

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Vol. 91, Iss. 17 — 1 May 2015

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