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Dephasing in disordered metals with superconductive grains

M. A. Skvortsov, A. I. Larkin, M. V. Feigel'man

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0311178

Abstract

Temperature dependence of electron dephasing time τϕ(T) is calculated for a disordered metal with small concentration of superconductive grains. Above the macroscopic superconducting transition line, when electrons in the metal are normal, Andreev reflection from the grains leads to a nearly temperature-independent contribution to the dephasing rate. In a broad temperature range 1/τphi(T) strongly exceeds the prediction of the classical theory of dephasing in normal disordered conductors, whereas magnetoresistance is dominated (in two dimensions) by the Maki-Tompson correction and is positive.

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