Abstract
Superconducting niobium nitride (NbN) films with nominal thicknesses of 4 nm, 5 nm, 7 nm, and 9 nm were grown on sapphire substrates using atomic layer deposition (ALD). We observed probed Hall resistance (HR) (Rxy) in external out-of-plane magnetic fields up to 6 T and magnetoresistance (MR) (Rxx) in external in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic fields up to 6 T on NbN thin films in Van der Pauw geometry. We also observed that positive MR dominated. Our study focused on the analysis of interaction and localisation effects on electronic disorder in NbN in the normal state in temperatures that ranged from 50 K down to the superconducting transition temperature. By modelling the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the MR data, we extracted the temperature-dependent Coulomb interaction constants, spin–orbit scattering lengths, localisation lengths, and valley degeneracy factors. The MR model allowed us to distinguish between interaction effects (positive MR) and localisation effects (negative MR) for in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic fields. We showed that anisotropic dephasing scattering due to lattice non-idealities in NbN could be neglected in the ALD-grown NbN thin films.
Highlights
Its well known that the Lorentz force in a magnetic field on a moving charge is a force at a right angle to the magnetic field vector and the velocity vector of the charge.external and internal magnetic field force charges into a curved trajectory
As will be shown in the following, the analysis of the changes in MR from ∆σ based on the the temperature-dependent transport mechanisms under varying magnetic fields gave a deeper insight into physical parameters such as the Coulomb interaction constant (Fσ ), spin–orbit interaction energy (∆Eso ), and dephasing length (Lφ ) of the niobium nitride (NbN) thin films
We modelled out-of-plane MR data by accounting for both the isotropic and anisotropic scattering and kept the Coulomb interaction constant (Fσ ) as it had been extracted from modelling in-plane MR data (Figure 4)
Summary
External and internal magnetic field force charges into a curved trajectory. This preferential deflection of the electrons from the scattering events at defects or scattering from adjacent wave functions leads to the appearance of Hall voltage or magnetoconductance. The action of magnetic forces on the transport properties of semiconductors, metals, and of superconducting materials in the normal conducting regime [1–5] has been extensively studied. In our earlier work [6,7], we measured and analysed the transport properties of semiconductor thin films (3D) and of semiconductor ultrathin films (2D) in an external in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic field. The resistance of the investigated semiconductors, e.g., magnetic conducting oxides, increased when the temperature decreased. We extracted the temperature-dependent physical constants, e.g., isotropic Coulomb interaction constant, isotropic valley degeneracy factor, and isotropic dephasing length, along with the anisotropic sd exchange interaction energy and anisotropic dephasing length in the semi-
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
