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We study the effects of quantum fluctuations on the transport properties of multiband superconductors near a pair-breaking quantum critical point. For this purpose, we consider a minimal model of the quantum phase transition in a system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-11-28 Maxim Dzero , Maxim Khodas , Alex Levchenko

The vast majority of superconductors have more than one Fermi surface, on which the electrons pair below the critical temperature $T_C$, yet their superconducting behavior can be well described by a single-band Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer…

We perform large-scale numerical calculations self-consistently solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) equations in the magnetic field together with random impurities to directly demonstrate the typical quasi-particle interference (QPI) in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-03-23 Yuki Nagai , Noriyuki Nakai , Masahiko Machida

We examine the effect of a single, non-magnetic impurity in a multiband, extended s-wave superconductor allowing for anisotropy of the gaps on the Fermi surfaces. We derive analytic expressions for the Green's functions in the continuum and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-11 R. Beaird , I. Vekhter , Jian-Xin Zhu

Several Fe chalcogenide superconductors without hole pockets at the Fermi level display high temperature superconductivity, in apparent contradiction to naive spin fluctuation pairing arguments. Recently, scanning tunneling microscopy…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-12 X. Chen , V. Mishra , S. Maiti , P. J. Hirschfeld

We determine the effect of quasiparticle interference on the spatial variations of the local density of states (LDOS) in graphite in the neighborhood of an isolated impurity. A number of characteristic behaviors of interference are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Cristina Bena , Steven A. Kivelson

The use of atomically sized quantum systems as highly sensitive measuring devices represents an exciting and quickly growing research field. Here, we explore the properties of a quasiparticle formed by a mobile impurity interacting with a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-06-15 Ragheed Alhyder , Georg M. Bruun

Several angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies reveal a poorly nested Fermi surface of LiFeAs, far away from a spin density wave instability, and clear-cut superconducting gap anisotropies. On the other hand a very…

We experimentally investigate the suitability of a multi-path waveguide interferometer with mechanical shutters for performing a test for hypercomplex quantum mechanics. Probing the interferometer with coherent light we systematically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Sebastian Gstir , Edmond Chan , Toni Eichelkraut , Alexander Szameit , Robert Keil , Gregor Weihs

Different types of superfluid ground states have been investigated in systems of two species of fermions with Fermi surfaces that do not match. This study is relevant for cold atomic systems, condensed matter physics and quark matter. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-21 Mucio A. Continentino , Igor T. Padilha

Coherent superpositions are one of the hallmarks of quantum mechanics and are vital for any quantum mechanical device to outperform the classically achievable. Generically, superpositions are verified in interference experiments, but…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Benjamin Dive , Nikolaos Koukoulekidis , Stefanos Mousafeiris , Florian Mintert

We theoretically study the dependence of the quasiparticle (QP) scattering rate $\varGamma$ on the uniaxial anisotropy of a Fermi surface with changing the magnetic field angle $\alpha_{\rm M}$. We consider the QP scattering due to the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-04-11 Yoichi Higashi , Yuki Nagai , Masahiko Machida , Nobuhiko Hayashi

In light of recent proposals to realize a topological superconductor on the surface of strong topological insulators, we study impurity and vortex scattering in two dimensional topological superconductivity. We develop a theory of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-04-21 Aaron Farrell , Maxime Beaudry , M. Franz , T. Pereg-Barnea

The low energy band structure of the FeAs based superconductors is fitted by a tight binding model with two Fe ions per unit cell and two degenerate orbitals per Fe ion. Based on this, superconductivity with extended s-wave pairing symmetry…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 Degang Zhang

The single impurity effect on the graphene-based superconductor is studied theoretically. Four different pairing symmetries are discussed. Sharp resonance peaks are found near the impurity site for the $d+id$-wave pairing symmetry and the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-20 Yuan-Qiao Li , Tao Zhou

A novel collinear magnetic phase, termed ``altermagnetism,'' has recently been uncovered, characterized by zero net magnetization and momentum-dependent collinear spin-splitting. To understand the intriguing physical effects of altermagnets…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-12 Hao-Ran Hu , Xiangang Wan , Wei Chen

According to [M.A. Tanatar et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 067002 (2005)], in a multi-band d-wave superconductor CeCoIn5 electrons remain partially uncondensed. Interactions must induce superconducting order on all Fermi surfaces. We calculate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-08-20 Victor Barzykin , L. P. Gor'kov

We present a phenomenological calculation of the quasiparticle-interference (QPI) pattern and inelastic Neutron scattering (INS) spectra in iron-pnictide and layered iron-selenide compounds by using materials specific band-structure and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-04-24 Tanmoy Das , A. V. Balatsky

We investigate the quasiparticle interference (QPI) in Fe-based superconductors in both the $s_{++}$-wave and $s_{\pm}$-wave superconducting states on the basis of the five-orbital model. In the octet model for cuprate superconductors with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-08-06 Youichi Yamakawa , Hiroshi Kontani

Quasiparticle interference (QPI) in spectroscopic imaging scanning tunneling microscopy provides a powerful method to detect orbital band structures and orbital ordering patterns in transition metal oxides. We use the $T$-matrix formalism…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-05-05 Wei-Cheng Lee , D. P. Arovas , Congjun Wu