Zero-bias anomaly in a two-dimensional granular insulator

N. Ossi, L. Bitton, D. B. Gutman, A. Frydman

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Abstract

We compare tunneling density of states (TDOS) into two ultrathin Ag films, one uniform and one granular, for different degrees of disorder. The uniform film shows a crossover from Altshuler-Aronov (AA) zero bias anomaly to Efros Shklovskii (ES) like Coulomb gap as the disorder is increased. The granular film, on the other hand, exhibits AA behavior even deeply in the insulating regime. We analyze the data and find that granularity introduces a new regime for the TDOS. While the conductivity is dominated by hopping between clusters of grains and is thus insulating, the TDOS probes the properties of an individual cluster which is "metallic."

Original languageEnglish
Article number115137
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume87
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Mar 2013

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