Antiferromagnetic superconductors with effective mass anisotropy in magnetic fields

Details Antiferromagnetic superconductors with effective mass anisotropy in magnetic fields Antiferromagnetic superconductors with effective mass anisotropy in magnetic fields

2006-03-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603068v3

Phys. Rev. B 74, 024518 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

11 pages, 9 figures, revtex4

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024518

We derive critical field H_c2 equations for antiferromagnetic \textit{s}-wave, d_{x^2-y^2}-wave, and d_{xy}-wave superconductors with effective mass anisotropy in three dimensions, where we take into account (i) the Jaccarino-Peter mechanism of magnetic-field-induced superconductivity (FISC) at high fields, (ii) an extended Jaccarino-Peter mechanism that reduces the Pauli paramagnetic pair-breaking effect at low fields where superconductivity and an antiferromagnetic long-range order with a canted spin structure coexist, and (iii) the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO or LOFF) state. As an example, experimental phase diagrams observed in organic superconductor kappa-(BETS)_2FeBr_4 are theoretically reproduced. In particular, the upper critical field of low-field superconductivity is well reproduced without any additional fitting parameter other than those determined from the critical field curves of the FISC at high fields. Therefore, the extended Jaccarino-Peter mechanism seems to occur actually in the present compound. It is predicted that the FFLO state does not occur in the FISC at high fields in contrast to the compound lambda-(BETS)_2FeCl_4, but it may occur in low-field superconductivity for s-wave and d_{x^2-y^2}-wave pairings. We also briefly discuss a possibility of compounds that exhibit unconventional behaviors of upper critical fields.

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