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Helical states and solitons in noncentrosymmetric superconductors

Superconductivity 2015-06-19 v1

Abstract

We show how the two-band nature of superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric compounds leads to a variety of novel nonuniform superconducting states induced by a magnetic field. At low fields, a two-band helical state is realized, with a distinctly non-BCS quasiparticle spectrum. At high fields, the superconducting state becomes unstable towards the formation of a lattice of topological phase solitons.

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@article{arxiv.1403.7101,
  title  = {Helical states and solitons in noncentrosymmetric superconductors},
  author = {K. V. Samokhin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.7101},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages, 3 figures