Phase Fluctuations in a Strongly Disordered -Wave NbN Superconductor Close <?format ?>to the Metal-Insulator Transition

M Mondal, A Kamlapure, M Chand, G Saraswat… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We explore the role of phase fluctuations in a three-dimensional s-wave superconductor,
NbN, as we approach the critical disorder for destruction of the superconducting state. Close …

Phase diagram of the strongly disordered -wave superconductor NbN close to the metal-insulator transition

M Chand, G Saraswat, A Kamlapure, M Mondal… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
We present a phase diagram as a function of disorder in three-dimensional NbN thin films as
the system enters the critical disorder for destruction of the superconducting state. The …

Measurement of magnetic penetration depth and superconducting energy gap in very thin epitaxial NbN films

A Kamlapure, M Mondal, M Chand, A Mishra… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We report the evolution of the magnetic penetration depth (λ) and superconducting energy
gap (Δ) in epitaxial NbN films with thickness (d) varying between 51–3 nm. With decrease in …

Temperature-dependent spin transport and current-induced torques in superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructures

M Müller, L Liensberger, L Flacke, H Huebl, A Kamra… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We investigate the injection of quasiparticle spin currents into a superconductor via spin
pumping from an adjacent ferromagnetic metal layer. To this end, we use NbN-Ni 80 Fe 20 …

N concentration effects on structure and superconductivity of NbN thin films

S Kalal, M Gupta, R Rawat - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we present a study on niobium nitride (NbN) thin films deposited using a
reactive magnetron sputtering of Nb at different partial pressures of N 2 (RN 2). The effect of …

Universal scaling of the order-parameter distribution in strongly disordered superconductors

G Lemarié, A Kamlapure, D Bucheli, L Benfatto… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
We investigate theoretically and experimentally the statistical properties of the
inhomogeneous order-parameter distribution (OPD) at the verge of the superconductor …

Characterization of the thin-film NbN superconductor for single-photon detection by transport measurements

SZ Lin, O Ayala-Valenzuela, RD McDonald… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
The fabrication of high-quality thin superconducting films is essential for single-photon
detectors. Their device performance is crucially affected by their material parameters, thus …

Unexplored MBE growth mode reveals new properties of superconducting NbN

J Wright, C Chang, D Waters, F Lüpke, R Feenstra… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Accessing unexplored crystal growth conditions often reveals new regimes of physical
behavior. In this work, performing molecular beam epitaxy growth of the technologically …

Magnetic field induced emergent inhomogeneity in a superconducting film with weak and homogeneous disorder

R Ganguly, I Roy, A Banerjee, H Singh, A Ghosal… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
When a magnetic field is applied on a conventional type-II superconductor, the
superconducting state gets destroyed at the upper critical field, H c 2, where the normal …

Evidence of the disorder-independent electron-phonon scattering time in thin NbN films

AI Lomakin, EM Baeva, AD Triznova, NA Titova… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We report on experimental study of the effect of disorder on electronic parameters and
inelastic scattering mechanisms in ultrathin superconducting NbN films, which are …