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Tilt Grain-Boundary Effects in S- and D-Wave Superconductors

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We calculate the s- and d-wave superconductor order parameter in the vicinity of a tilt grain boundary. We do this self-consistently within the Bogoliubov de Gennes equations, using a realistic microscopic model of the grain boundary. We present the first self-consistent calculations of supercurrent flows in such boundaries, obtaining the current-phase characteristics of grain boundaries in both s-wave and d-wave superconductors.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9812304,
  title  = {Tilt Grain-Boundary Effects in S- and D-Wave Superconductors},
  author = {J. J. Hogan-O'Neill and A. M. Martin and James F. Annett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9812304},
  year   = {2009}
}