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We study theoretically a model for twin boundaries in superconductors with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, which can be relevant to both three-dimensional noncentrosymmetric tetragonal crystals and two-dimensional gated superconductors such as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 Michael Achermann , Titus Neupert , Emiko Arahata , Manfred Sigrist

We report the study of spontaneous magnetization (i.e., spin-polarization) for time-reversal symmetry (TRS)-breaking superconductors with unitary pairing potentials, in the absence of external magnetic fields or Zeeman fields. Spin-singlet…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-01 Lun-Hui Hu , Xuepeng Wang , T. Shang

We investigate the electronic structure of twin boundaries in orthorhombically distorted high-T$_c$ materials using the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity. At low temperatures we find a local instability to a time-reversal symmetry…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Belzig , C. Bruder , M. Sigrist

A growing number of superconducting materials display evidence for spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) below their critical transition temperatures. Precisely what this implies for the nature of the superconducting ground…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-05-22 Brian M. Andersen , Andreas Kreisel , P. J. Hirschfeld

Inversion and time reversal are essential symmetries for the structure of Cooper pairs in superconductors. The loss of one or both leads to modifications to this structure and can change the properties of the superconducting phases in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-03-21 Mark H Fischer , Manfred Sigrist , Daniel F Agterberg , Youichi Yanase

Domains in non-centrosymmetric materials represent regions of different crystal structure and spin-orbit coupling. Twin boundaries separating such domains display unusual properties in non-centrosymmetric superconductors (NCS), where…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 Kazushi Aoyama , Lucile Savary , Manfred Sigrist

Superconductivity and magnetism are antagonistic states of matter. The presence of spontaneous magnetic fields inside the superconducting state is, therefore, an intriguing phenomenon prompting extensive experimental and theoretical…

We study theoretically the surface of time-reversal-symmetric, noncentrosymmetric superconductor with mixed singlet and triplet order parameters. A pair of counterpropagating subgap quasiparticle surface bound states with opposite spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-09-06 Chi-Ken Lu , Sungkit Yip

Recently, a theoretical study [Li {\it et al.},~npj Quantum Materials 6, 36 (2021)] investigated a model of a disordered $d$-wave superconductor, and reported local time-reversal symmetry breaking current loops for sufficiently high…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-05 Clara N. Breiø , P. J. Hirschfeld , Brian M. Andersen

We show that a spontaneous magnetic moment may appear at the edge of a spin-triplet superconductor if the system allows for pairing in a subdominant channel. To unveil the microscopic mechanism behind such effect we combine numerical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-09-03 Alfonso Romano , Paola Gentile , Canio Noce , Ilya Vekhter , Mario Cuoco

We present a study of the basic microscopic model of an $s$-wave superconductor with frustrated interband interaction. When frustration is strong, such an interaction gives raise to a $s+is$ state. This is a $s$-wave superconductor that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-04-25 Andrea Benfenati , Egor Babaev

Cooper pairs in two-dimensional unconventional superconductors with broken inversion symmetry are in a mixture of an even-parity spin-singlet pairing state with an odd-parity spin-triplet pairing state. We study the magnetic properties of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-29 Vardan Kaladzhyan , Cristina Bena , Pascal Simon

Tunnelling between non-centrosymmetric superconductors with significant spin-orbit splitting is studied theoretically in a two-band treatment of the problem. We find that the critical Josephson current may be modulated by changing the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Børkje , A. Sudbø

Noncentrosymmetric superconductors offer fascinating phenomena of quantum transport and optics such as nonreciprocal and nonlinear responses. Time-reversal symmetry breaking often plays an essential role in the emergence and enhancement of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-31 Hiroto Tanaka , Hikaru Watanabe , Youichi Yanase

Superconductivity and magnetism are antagonistic quantum matter, while their intertwining has long been considered in frustrated-lattice systems1-3. In this work, we utilize scanning tunneling microscopy and muon spin resonance to discover…

We study the physical properties of an $s$-wave -- normal metal -- $d$-wave junction in terms of the Andreev bound states in the normal metal layer. The phase dependence of bound states with different orientations leads to superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-15 Andrea Huck , Anne van Otterlo , Manfred Sigrist

In non-centrosymmetric superconductors the pair potential has both even-parity singlet and odd-parity triplet components. If time-reversal symmetry is broken, the superconducting phase of these components is not the same, for example in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-15 Tim Kokkeler , Alexander Golubov , Sebastián Bergeret , Yukio Tanaka

We study a simple microscopic model for thin, ferromagnetic, metallic layers on semi-infinite bulk superconductor. We find that for certain values of the exchange spliting, on the ferromagnetic side, the ground states of such structures…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Krawiec , B. L. Gyorffy , J. F. Annett

Noncentrosymmetric superconductors with broken inversion symmetry $P$ offer rich physical phenomena such as the upper critical magnetic field $H_{c2}$ beyond the Pauli limit and magnetoelectric effect. The relativistic spin-orbit…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-07-12 Ryohei Wakatsuki , Naoto Nagaosa

We study the spin transport properties of the non-centrosymmetric superconductor with time-reversal-symmetry where spin-triplet $(p_{x} \pm i p_{y})$-wave and spin-singlet s-wave pair potential can mix each other. We show that when the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Yukio Tanaka , Takehito Yokoyama , Alexander V. Balatsky , Naoto Nagaosa
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