Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
1999-03-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
3 revtex pages, 2 embedded figures. In press, Proc. HTS99 Conf., Miami, 1999
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.59586
We review the reasons that make superconductivity unlikely to arise in a ferromagnet. Then, in light of the report by Tallon and collaborators that RuSr2GdCu2O8 becomes superconducting at approximately 35 K which is well below the Curie temperature of 132 K, we consider whether the objections really apply to this compound. Our considerations are supported by local spin density calculations for this compound, which indeed indicate a ferromagnetic RuO2 layer. The Ru moment resides in t_2g orbitals but is characteristic of itinerant magnetism (and is sensitive to choice of exchange-correlation potential and to the atomic positions). Based on the small exchange splitting that is induced in the Cu-O layers, the system seems capable of supporting singlet superconductivity an FFLO-type order parameter and possibly a pi-phase alternation between layers. If instead the pairing is triplet in the RuO2 layers, it can be distinguished by a spin-polarized supercurrent. Either type of superconductivity seems to imply a spontaneous vortex phase if the magnetization is rotated out of the plane.
Pickett Warren E.
Shick Alexander B.
Weht Ruben
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