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Paramagnetic Meissner, vortex and 'onion' ground states in Fulde-Ferrell finite-size superconductor

Superconductivity 2020-05-20 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We theoretically find that finite size Fulde-Ferrell (FF) superconductor (which is characterized by spatially nonuniform ground state Ψexp(iqFFr)\Psi \sim \text{exp}(-i{\bf q}_{FF}{\bf r}) and Ψ(r)=const|\Psi|(r)=const in the bulk case, where Ψ\Psi is a superconducting order parameter) has paramagnetic Meissner, vortex and 'onion' ground states with Ψ(r)const|\Psi|(r) \neq const. These states are realized due to boundary effect when the lateral size of superconductor L1/qFFL \sim 1/q_{FF}. We argue, that predicted states could be observed in thin disk/square made of superconductor-ferromagnet-normal metal trilayer with L150600nmL \simeq 150-600 nm.

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@article{arxiv.2003.09190,
  title  = {Paramagnetic Meissner, vortex and 'onion' ground states in Fulde-Ferrell finite-size superconductor},
  author = {V. D. Plastovets and D. Yu. Vodolazov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.09190},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages, 8 figures