Divergence of dynamical conductivity at certain percolative superconductor-insulator transitions.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2014;
26:505702. [PMID:
25420003 DOI:
10.1088/0953-8984/26/50/505702]
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Abstract
Random inductor–capacitor (LC) networks can exhibit percolative superconductor-insulator transitions (SITs). We use a simple and efficient algorithm to compute the dynamicalconductivity σ(ω,p) of one type of LC network on large (4000 × 4000) square lattices, where δ = p − p(c) is the tuning parameter for the SIT. We confirm that the conductivity obeys a scaling form, so that the characteristic frequency scales as∝|δ|(νz) with νz ≈ 1.91, the superfluid stiffness scales as ϒ∝|δ|(t) with t ≈ 1.3, and the electric susceptibility scales as χE∝|δ|(−s) with s = 2νz − t ≈ 2.52. In the insulating state, the low-frequency dissipative conductivity is exponentially small, whereas in the superconductor, it is linear in frequency.The sign of Im σ(ω) at small ω changes across the SIT. Most importantly, we find that right at the SIT Re σ(ω) ∝ ω(t/νz−1)∝ω(−0.32), so that the conductivity diverges in the DC limit, in contrast with most other classical and quantum models of SITs.
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