Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-07-05
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 177005 (2012)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
4.6 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.177005
The Leggett mode associated with out-of-phase oscillations of superconducting phase in multi-band superconductors usually is heavy due to the interband coupling, which makes its excitation and detection difficult. We report on the existence of a massless Leggett mode in three-band superconductors with time-reversal-symmetry-breaking (TRSB). The mass of the Leggett mode is small close to the TRSB transition and vanishes at the transition point, and thus locates within the smallest superconducting energy gap, which makes it stable and detectable. The mass of the Leggett mode can be measured by Raman spectroscopy. The thermodynamic consequences of this massless mode and possible realization in iron-based superconductors are also discussed.
Hu Xiao
Lin Shi-Zeng
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