Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2007-11-06
Physical Review B 77 054515 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
16 pages in pre-print format
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.054515
The effects of absence of inversion symmetry on superconducting states are investigated theoretically. In particular we focus on the noncentrosymmetric compounds which have the cubic symmetry $O$ like Li$_2$Pt$_3$B. An appropriate and isotropic spin-orbital interaction is added in the Hamiltonian and it acts like a magnetic monopole in the momentum space. The consequent pairing wavefunction has an additional triplet component in the pseudospin space, and a Zeeman magnetic field $\bf{B}$ can induce a collinear supercurrent $\bf{J}$ with a coefficient $\kappa(T)$. The effects of anisotropy embedded in the cubic symmetry and the nodal superconducting gap function on $\kappa(T)$ are also considered. From the macroscopic perspectives, the pair of mutually induced $\bf{J}$ and magnetization ${\bf{M}}$ can affect the distribution of magnetic field in such noncentrosymmetric superconductors, which is studied through solving the Maxwell equation in the Meissner geometry as well as the case of a single vortex line. In both cases, magnetic fields perpendicular to the external ones emerge as a signature of the broken symmetry.
Lu Chi-Ken
Yip Sungkit
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