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Induced polarization at a paraelectric/superconducting interface

Superconductivity 2011-12-26 v3 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We examine the modified electronic states at the interface between superconducting and ferro(para)-electric heterostructures. We find that electric polarization PP and superconducting ψ\psi order parameters can be significantly modified due to coupling through linear terms brought about by explicit symmetry breaking at the interface. Using an effective action and a Ginzburg-Landau formalism, we show that an interaction term linear in the electric polarization will modify the superconducting order parameter ψ\psi at the interface. This also produces modulation of a ferroelectric polarization. It is shown that a paraelectric-superconductor interaction will produce an interface-induced ferroelectric polarization.

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@article{arxiv.1103.1395,
  title  = {Induced polarization at a paraelectric/superconducting interface},
  author = {J. T. Haraldsen and S. A. Trugman and A. V. Balatsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.1395},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev. B

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