Two phase transitions in ${(d_{x^2-y^2}+is)}$-wave superconductors
Abstract
We study numerically the temperature dependencies of specific heat, susceptibility, penetration depth, and thermal conductivity of a coupled -wave Bardeen-Cooper-Schreiffer superconductor in the presence of a weak s-wave component (1) on square lattice and (2) on a lattice with orthorhombic distorsion. As the temperature is lowered past the critical temperature , a less ordered superconducting phase is created in wave, which changes to a more ordered phase in wave at . This manifests in two second-order phase transitions. The two phase transitions are identified by two jumps in specific heat at and . The temperature dependencies of the superconducting observables exhibit a change from power-law to exponential behavior as temperature is lowered below and confirm the new phase transition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9908101,
title = {Two phase transitions in ${(d_{x^2-y^2}+is)}$-wave superconductors},
author = {Angsula Ghosh and Sadhan K. Adhikari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9908101},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Latex file, 6 pages, 7 postscript figures, Accepted in Physica C