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Excess current in superconducting Sr$_2$RuO$_4$

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We present results from point-contact measurements on Sr2_2RuO4_4 that show a linear dependence of the excess current as a function of temperature and applied magnetic fields over a surprisingly wide range of the phase diagram. We propose an explanation of this finding in terms of a p-wave triplet-pairing state with coupling to a low-energy fluctuation mode. Within this model we obtain a quantitative description of the temperature dependence of the excess current. The impact of surface effects on order parameter and excess current is addressed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301221,
  title  = {Excess current in superconducting Sr$_2$RuO$_4$},
  author = {F. Laube and G. Goll and M. Eschrig and M. Fogelström and Ralph Werner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301221},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages REVTeX, 3 figures; Using a modified p-wave model are able to reproduce the linear temperature dependence of the excess current. This is discussed in a new paragraph

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