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Amplitude Higgs mode and admittance in superconductors with a moving condensate

Superconductivity 2017-01-31 v3

Abstract

We consider the amplitude (Higgs) mode in a superconductor with a condensate flow (supercurrent). We demonstrate that, in this case, the amplitude mode corresponding to oscillations δΔΩexp(iΩt)\delta |\Delta|_{\Omega} \exp(i \Omega t) of the superconducting gap is excited by an external ac electric field EΩexp(iΩt)\mathbf{E}_{\Omega} \exp(i \Omega t) already in the first order in EΩ|\mathbf{E}_{\Omega}|, so that δΔΩ(v0EΩ){\delta |\Delta|_{\Omega} \propto (\mathbf{v}_{0} \mathbf{E}_{\Omega})}, where v0\mathbf{v}_{0} is the velocity of the condensate. The frequency dependence δΔΩ\delta |\Delta|_{\Omega} has a resonance shape with a maximum at Ω=2Δ{\Omega = 2 \Delta}. In contrast to the standard situation without the condensate flow, the oscillations of the amplitude δΔ(t)\delta |\Delta(t)| contribute to the admittance YΩY_{\Omega}. We provide a formula for admittance of a superconductor with a supercurrent. The predicted effect opens new ways of experimental investigation of the amplitude mode in superconductors and materials with superconductivity competing with other states.

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@article{arxiv.1607.01373,
  title  = {Amplitude Higgs mode and admittance in superconductors with a moving condensate},
  author = {Andreas Moor and Anatoly F. Volkov and Konstantin B. Efetov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.01373},
  year   = {2017}
}

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accepted for publication in PRL