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Unusual boundary effect on coherency of two-band superconductivity

Superconductivity 2018-03-12 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate that the healing of two-band superconductivity near the surface of the system is governed by length scales which are drastically different from correlation lengths. Similar to the one-band case, one of the characteristic lengths diverges at critical temperature TcT_c, while another one shows unusual behaviour having singularity at Tc+<TcT_{c+}<T_c. By moving away from the boundary, these scales approach coherence lengths in the bulk state, where the divergence at Tc+T_{c+} is removed by arbitrary weak interband coupling. Such a boundary-driven modification in coherency affects proximity phenomenon. We show that critical temperature of binary NS system can exhibit an inflection near Tc+T_{c+} as two-band superconducting layer becomes thinner.

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@article{arxiv.1610.04166,
  title  = {Unusual boundary effect on coherency of two-band superconductivity},
  author = {Artjom Vargunin and Küllike Rägo and Teet Örd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.04166},
  year   = {2018}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures