Spontaneous inhomogeneity in disordered superconducting films Mikhail Skvortsov Mikhail Feigelman Landau Institute, Moscow Leiden, 26 Aug 2011
Two mechanism of superconductivity suppression
Coulomb suppression of Tc & mesoscopic fluctuations Can these tiny mesoscopic fluctuations become important?
Outline
Coulomb + disorder in 2D superconducting films
Coulomb suppression of Tc clean dirty
Two equivalent approaches (RG or not RG)
Mean-field structure of the superconducting state
Mesoscopic fluctuations PLAN
Mesoscopic fluctuations
Correlation functions
Correlation function of D
Correlation function of D
Vicinity of Tc
Vicinity of Tc
Mesoscopic vs. thermal fluctuations near Tc
Low temperatures
Superconductor with fluctuating D(r)
Superconductor with fluctuating D(r)
Conclusion FERMIONIC MECHANISM BOSONIC MECHANISM