17 research outputs found
Magnetic field induced singlet - triplet phase transition in quasi one-dimensional organic superconductors
We propose a theoretical model of quasi-one-dimensional superconductors, with
attractive electron-electron interactions dominant in the singlet d-wave
channel and sub-dominant in the p-wave channel. We discuss, in the mean field
approximation, the effect of a magnetic field applied perpendicularly to the
direction of the lowest conductivity. The lowest free energy phase corresponds
to a singlet d-wave symmetry in low fields, but to a triplet symmetry in high
fields. A first order singlet-triplet phase transition is expected at moderate
applied fields of a few teslas. We propose to ascribe the recent critical field
and NMR experimental data, observed in superconducting (TMTSF)2ClO4 to such an
effect.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, accepted in EP
Mechanism for the Singlet to Triplet Superconductivity Crossover in Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Conductors
Superconductivity of quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors with a
quarter-filled band is investigated using the two-loop renormalization group
approach to the extended Hubbard model for which both the single electron
hopping t_{\perp} and the repulsive interaction V_{\perp} perpendicular to the
chains are included. For a four-patches Fermi surface with deviations to
perfect nesting, we calculate the response functions for the dominant
fluctuations and possible superconducting states. By increasing V_{\perp}, it
is shown that a d-wave (singlet) to f-wave (triplet) superconducting state
crossover occurs, and is followed by a vanishing spin gap. Furthermore, we
study the influence of a magnetic field through the Zeeman coupling, from which
a triplet superconducting state is found to emerge.Comment: 11 pages, 15 figures, published versio
Pairing competition in a quasi-one-dimensional model of organic superconductors (TMTSF) in magnetic field
We microscopically study the effect of the magnetic field (Zeeman splitting)
on the superconducting state in a model for quasi-one-dimensional organic
superconductors (TMTSF). We investigate the competition between spin
singlet and spin triplet pairings and the
Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov(FFLO) state by random phase approximation.
While we studied the competition by comparison with the eigenvalue of the gap
equation at a fixed temperature in our previous study (Phys. Rev. Lett.
\textbf{102} (2009) 016403), here we obtain both the for each pairing
state and a phase diagram in the (temperature)-(field)-(strength
of the charge fluctuation) space. The phase diagram shows that consecutive
transitions from singlet pairing to the FFLO state and further to
triplet pairing can occur upon increasing the magnetic field when
charge fluctuations coexist with spin fluctuations. In the FFLO state,
the singlet d-wave and triplet -wave components are strongly mixed
especially when the charge fluctuations are strong.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure
Organic Superconductors: when correlations and magnetism walk in
This survey provides a brief account for the start of organic
superconductivity motivated by the quest for high Tc superconductors and its
development since the eighties'. Besides superconductivity found in 1D organics
in 1980, progresses in this field of research have contributed to better
understand the physics of low dimensional conductors highlighted by the wealth
of new remarkable properties. Correlations conspire to govern the low
temperature properties of the metallic phase. The contribution of
antiferromagnetic fluctuations to the interchain Cooper pairing proposed by the
theory is borne out by experimental investigations and supports
supercondutivity emerging from a non Fermi liquid background. Quasi one
dimensional organic superconductors can therefore be considered as simple
prototype systems for the more complex high Tc materials.Comment: 41 pages, 21 figures to be published in Journal of Superconductivity
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Atomic “bomb testing”: the Elitzur–Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett–Garg inequality
Elitzur and Vaidman have proposed a measurement scheme that, based on the quantum superposition principle, allows one to detect the presence of an object—in a dramatic scenario, a bomb—without interacting with it. It was pointed out by Ghirardi that this interaction-free measurement scheme can be put in direct relation with falsification tests of the macro-realistic worldview. Here we have implemented the “bomb test” with a single atom trapped in a spin-dependent optical lattice to show explicitly a violation of the Leggett–Garg inequality—a quantitative criterion fulfilled by macro-realistic physical theories. To perform interaction-free measurements, we have implemented a novel measurement method that correlates spin and position of the atom. This method, which quantum mechanically entangles spin and position, finds general application for spin measurements, thereby avoiding the shortcomings inherent in the widely used push-out technique. Allowing decoherence to dominate the evolution of our system causes a transition from quantum to classical behavior in fulfillment of the Leggett–Garg inequality