Anomalous surface states at interfaces in p-wave superconductors
Abstract
We present the results of theoretical study of surface state properties in a two-dimensional model for triplet -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 and -wave pair potentials. In the 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 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 state we demonstrate the appearance of a complex multi-peak subgap structure in the spectrum with increasing surface roughness.
Cite
@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