Quantum phase transitions and vortex dynamics in superconducting networks

R Fazio, H Van Der Zant - Physics Reports, 2001 - Elsevier
Josephson-junction arrays are ideal model systems to study a variety of phenomena such as
phase transitions, frustration effects, vortex dynamics and chaos. In this review, we focus on …

The elusive Bose metal

P Phillips, D Dalidovich - Science, 2003 - science.org
The conventional theory of metals is in crisis. In the past 15 years, there has been an
unexpected sprouting of metallic states in low-dimensional systems, directly contradicting …

Optical microscopy using a single-molecule light source

J Michaelis, C Hettich, J Mlynek, V Sandoghdar - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Rapid progress in science on nanoscopic scales has promoted increasing interest in
techniques of ultrahigh-resolution optical microscopy. The diffraction limit can be surpassed …

Dissipation effects on the superconductor-insulator transition in 2D superconductors

N Mason, A Kapitulnik - Physical review letters, 1999 - APS
Results on the superconductor to insulator transition in two-dimensional films are analyzed
in terms of a coupling of the system to a dissipative bath. Upon lowering the temperature the …

Superconducting, insulating and anomalous metallic regimes in a gated two-dimensional semiconductor–superconductor array

CGL Bøttcher, F Nichele, M Kjaergaard, HJ Suominen… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
The superconductor–insulator transition in two dimensions has been widely investigated as
a paradigmatic quantum phase transition. The topic remains controversial because many …

Electrical control of the superconducting-to-insulating transition in graphene–metal hybrids

A Allain, Z Han, V Bouchiat - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
Graphene is a sturdy and chemically inert material exhibiting an exposed two-dimensional
electron gas of high mobility. These combined properties enable the design of graphene …

[หนังสือ][B] Phase Transition Approach to High Temperature Superconductivity-Universal Properties of Cuprate Superconductors

T Schneider, JM Singer - 2000 - books.google.com
The discovery of superconductivity at 30 K by Bednorz and Müller in 1986 ignited an
explosion of interest in high temperature superconductivity. The initial development rapidly …

Superconductor-insulator transition in two dimensions

N Marković, C Christiansen, AM Mack, WH Huber… - Physical Review B, 1999 - APS
The superconductor-insulator transition of ultrathin films of bismuth, grown on liquid-helium-
cooled substrates, has been studied. The transition was tuned by changing both film …

Quantum spin chains with bond dissipation

M Weber - arxiv preprint arxiv:2310.11525, 2023 - arxiv.org
We study the effect of bond dissipation on the one-dimensional antiferromagnetic spin-$1/2$
Heisenberg model. In analogy to the spin-Peierls problem, the dissipative bath is described …

Superconductor-to-normal transitions in dissipative chains of mesoscopic grains and nanowires

G Refael, E Demler, Y Oreg, DS Fisher - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2007 - APS
The interplay of quantum fluctuations and dissipation in chains of mesoscopic
superconducting grains is analyzed and the results are applied to nanowires. It is shown that …