Abstract
We describe the behavior of charges in two-dimensional arrays of normal-metal tunnel junctions with very small capacitance. A Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii phase transition with unbinding of charge-anticharge pairs occurs at a transition temperature of about Tc = e2/8πCkB, with C the junction capacitance. We calculate the influence of tunneling conductance; Tc is reduced with increasing conductance and no transition occurs for junction conductance above (14 kΩ)–1. In the superconducting state a similar transition occurs at a 4 times higher Tc. We present the first experimental results on the conductive transition of an array in the normal and superconducting states.
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