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Anomalous surface states at interfaces in p-wave superconductors

Superconductivity 2015-06-22 v1

Abstract

We present the results of theoretical study of surface state properties in a two-dimensional model for triplet pp-wave superconductors. We derive boundary conditions for Eilenberger equations at rough interfaces and develop the approach for self-consistent solution for the spatial dependence of pxp_{x} and px+i pyp_{x}+i~p_{y} -wave pair potentials. In the pxp_{x} case we demonstrate the robustness of the zero-energy peak in the density of states (DoS) with respect to surface roughness, in contrast to the suppression of such a peak in the case of dxyd_{xy} symmetry. This effect is due to stability of odd-frequency pairing state at the surface with respect to disorder. In the case of the chiral px+i pyp_{x}+i~p_{y} state we demonstrate the appearance of a complex multi-peak subgap structure in the spectrum with increasing surface roughness.

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@article{arxiv.1408.5480,
  title  = {Anomalous surface states at interfaces in p-wave superconductors},
  author = {S. V. Bakurskiy and A. A. Golubov and M. Yu. Kupriyanov and K. Yada and Y. Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.5480},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

11 pages, 10 figures, accepted to Physical Review B

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