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Vortex supercurrent inversion by frequency-symmetry conversion of Cooper pairs

Superconductivity 2023-01-13 v1

Abstract

We theoretically demonstrate that the vortex supercurrent can be reversed by odd-frequency Cooper pairs accompanied by surface Andreev bound states. The surface of a three-dimensional superconductor pierced by a flux quantum is considered. We compare the vortex supercurrents near the surface of the spin-singlet ss-wave and spin-triplet pzp_z-wave superconductors using quasiclassical Eilenberger theory, where the surface is perpendicular to the zz direction. We demonstrate that the vortex supercurrent near the surface of a pzp_z-wave superconductor is reversed compared to those far from the surface, whereas that of an ss-wave superconductor is not. The splitting of the zero-energy states caused by the interference of the surface Andreev bound states and Caroli-de Gennes-Matricon modes is demonstrated.

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@article{arxiv.2209.00452,
  title  = {Vortex supercurrent inversion by frequency-symmetry conversion of Cooper pairs},
  author = {Soma Yoshida and Shu-Ichiro Suzuki and Yukio Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.00452},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

(Main) 6 pages, 6 figures. (Appendix) 9 pages, 4 figures, 1 table

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