Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 246802 (2004) [4 pages]

Quantum Hall Effects in Layered Disordered Superconductors

V. Kagalovsky1, B. Horovitz2, and Y. Avishai2
1Negev Academic College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva 84100, Israel
2Department of Physics and Ilze Katz Center for Nanotechnology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel

Received 5 March 2004; published 6 December 2004

Layered singlet paired superconductors with disorder and broken time reversal symmetry are studied, demonstrating a phase diagram with charge-spin separation in transport. In terms of the average intergrain transmission and the interlayer tunneling we find quantum Hall phases with spin Hall coefficients of σxyspin=0,2 separated by a spin metal phase. We identify a spin metal-insulator localization exponent as well as a spin conductivity exponent of ≈0.96. In the presence of a Zeeman term an additional σxyspin=1 phase appears.

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.246802
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.246802
PACS: 73.20.Fz, 72.15.Rn, 73.43.–f

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