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Conductance of a junction between a normal metal and a Berezinskii superconductor

Superconductivity 2008-03-15 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

The conductance of a junction between a normal metal and a superconductor having the symmetry proposed by Berezinskii is studied theoretically. The main feature of this symmetry is the odd frequency dependence of the anomalous Green function, which makes possible the s-wave triplet superconducting state (the Berezinskii superconductor). The Andreev reflection (which links positive and negative energies) is sensitive to the energetic symmetry; as a result, the conductance of the junction involving the Berezinskii superconductor is qualitatively different from the case of a conventional superconductor. Experimentally, the obtained results can be employed to test the possibility of the Berezinskii superconductivity proposed for Nax_xCoO2_2 and to identify the odd-omega component predicted for superconductor-ferromagnet junctions.

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@article{arxiv.0705.0813,
  title  = {Conductance of a junction between a normal metal and a Berezinskii superconductor},
  author = {Ya. V. Fominov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0813},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages (including 3 EPS figures)