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Current-carrying states in FFLO superconductors

Superconductivity 2017-12-13 v1

Abstract

We show that nonuniform superconductors of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) type conduct electric current in the way which is very different from the usual case. We discuss both equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties using a modified Ginzburg-Landau formalism. Among the novel features are the existence of two different critical currents and two distinct stable states able to carry a given current, the possibility of superconducting domain walls, and also a spontaneous supercurrent in a ring geometry.

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@article{arxiv.1711.06715,
  title  = {Current-carrying states in FFLO superconductors},
  author = {K. V. Samokhin and B. P. Truong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.06715},
  year   = {2017}
}

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19 pages, 8 figures

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