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Resonances in the superconducting properties, in a regime of crossover from BCS to mixed Bose-Fermi superconductivity, are investigated in a two-band superconductor where the chemical potential is tuned near the band edge of the second…
Exotic superconducting properties of Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ have provided strong support for an unconventional pairing symmetry. However, the extensive efforts over the past decade have not yet unambiguously resolved the controversy about the…
Superconductivity in the quasi-one-dimensional material Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ is analyzed based on a multiorbital extended Hubbard model. We found strong charge fluctuations at two different momenta ${\bf Q_1}$ and ${\bf Q_2}$ giving…
We provide a detailed quantitative analysis of transport properties in the p-wave superconducting state of Sr2RuO4. Specifically, we calculate ultrasound attenuation rate and electronic thermal conductivity within the mean field…
A model for high temperature superconductors based on the idea of Cooper pairs comprised of electrons from different bands is studied. We propose that the two bands relevant for the cuprates are comprised of Cu dx2-y2, dz2, planar O psigma,…
The superconducting gap function of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ was investigated by means of quasiparticle reflection and transmission at the normal conductor-superconductor interface of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$-Pt point contacts. We found two distinguishly…
By means of first-principles FLAPW-GGA calculations, we have investigated the electronic properties of the newly synthesized layered phase - (Sr3Sc2O5)Fe2As2. The electronic bands, density of states and Fermi surface have been evaluated.…
Previously, it was shown that a superconducting state dominated by singlet $d_{x^2-y^2}$ intra-band pairs emerges from the fluctuation exchange approximation (FLEX) applied to a realistic model for Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, a result that is…
We study the spin dynamics in a p-wave superconductor at the nesting vector associated with $\alpha$ and $\beta$ bands in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$. We find a collective mode at the nesting vector in the superconducting phase identified as the…
Intermetallic R$_3$T$_4$X$_{13}$ series consists of cage like structure and have been in focus due to their unconventional electronic ground states. In this work, we report the normal and superconducting state properties of a high quality…
Motivated by Sr2RuO4 the magnetic properties of edge states in a two-band spin-triplet superconductor with electron- and hole-like Fermi surfaces are investigated assuming chiral p-wave pairing symmetry. The two bands correspond to the…
First principle FLAPW-GGA calculations have been performed with the purpose to understand the peculiarities of band structure and Fermi surface topology for recently discovered superconductor: Sr4V2Fe2As2O - in comparison with isostructural…
The character of the superconducting phase of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, is topic of a longstanding discussion. The classification of the symmetry allowed order parameters has relied on the tetragonal symmetry of the lattice and on cylindrical Fermi…
We propose a quantitative model for triplet superconductivity in Sr_2RuO_4 based on first principles calculations for the electronic structure and magnetic susceptibility. The superconductivity is due to ferromagnetic spin fluctuations,…
The Leggett mode associated with out-of-phase oscillations of superconducting phase in multi-band superconductors usually is heavy due to the interband coupling, which makes its excitation and detection difficult. We report on the existence…
Quasi-two-dimensional molecular conductor $\lambda$-(BETS)$_2$GaCl$_4$ shows superconductivity (SC) below 5.5K, neighboring the dimer-type Mott insulating phase. To elucidate the origin of SC and its gap function, we carry out…
Superconductivity has been recently observed in Sr_{0.4}Ca_{13.6}Cu_{24}O_{41.84} which contains quasi-one-dimensional Cu_{2}O_{3} 2-leg ladders. If, as suggested by some theories, the superconductivity arises from these 2-leg ladders, it…
Although correlated electronic-structure calculations explain very well the normal state of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, its superconducting symmetry is still unknown. Here we construct the spin and charge fluctuation pairing interactions based on its…
We have analyzed heat capacity and thermal conductivity measurements of Sr2RuO4 in the normal and superconducting state and come to the conclusion that an order parameter with nodal lines on the Fermi surface is required to account for the…
The quasi-2D metal Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ is one of the best characterized unconventional superconductors, yet the nature of its superconducting order parameter is still highly debated. This information is crucial to determine the pairing mechanism…