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D-type Vortex and N-type Vortex in Two-gap Superconductor

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We show that the two-gap superconductor has two types of non-Abrikosov magnetic vortex, the D-type which has no concentration of the condensate at the core and the N-type which has a non-vanishing concentration of the condensate at the core, which may carry 4π4\pi-flux, 2π2\pi-flux, or a fractional flux, depending on the parameters of the potential. Furthermore, we show that the non-Abrikosov vortex is described by two types of topology. The integer flux vortex has the non-Abelian topology π2(S2)\pi_2(S^2), but the fractional flux vortex has the Abelian topology π1(S1)\pi_1(S^1). We show that the inclusion of the Josephson interaction does not affect the existence of the magnetic vortex, but alter the shape of the vortex drastically.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0409635,
  title  = {D-type Vortex and N-type Vortex in Two-gap Superconductor},
  author = {Y. M. Cho and Pengming Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0409635},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures