51 research outputs found
Damping of dHvA oscillations and vortex-lattice disorder in the peak-effect region of strong type-II superconductors
The phenomenon of magnetic quantum oscillations in the superconducting state
poses several questions that still defy satisfactory answers. A key
controversial issue concerns the additional damping observed in the vortex
state. Here, we show results of \mu SR, dHvA, and SQUID magnetization
measurements on borocarbide superconductors, indicating that a sharp drop
observed in the dHvA amplitude just below H_{c2} is correlated with enhanced
disorder of the vortex lattice in the peak-effect region, which significantly
enhances quasiparticle scattering by the pair potential.Comment: 4 pages 4 figure
Large Broadening of the Superconducting Transition by Fluctuations in a 3D Metal at High Magnetic Fields: The MgB case
It is shown that the transition to the low temperature superconducting state
in a 3D metal at high magnetic field is smeared dramatically by thermal
fluctuation of the superconducting order parameter. The resulting
superconducting-to-normal crossover occurs in a vortex liquid state which is
extended well below the mean-field . Application to MgB yields
good quantitative agreement with recently reported data of dHvA oscillation in
the superconducting state
Spin-zero anomaly in the magnetic quantum oscillations of a two-dimensional metal
We report on an anomalous behavior of the spin-splitting zeros in the de
Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) signal of a quasi-two-dimensional organic
superconductor. The zeros as well as the angular dependence of the amplitude of
the second harmonic deviate remarkably from the standard Lifshitz-Kosevich (LK)
prediction. In contrast, the angular dependence of the fundamental dHvA
amplitude as well as the spin-splitting zeros of the Shubnikov-de Haas signal
follow the LK theory. We can explain this behavior by small chemical-potential
oscillations and find a very good agreement between theory and experiment. A
detailed wave-shape analysis of the dHvA signal corroborates the existence of
an oscillating chemical potential
Electromagnetic response of a static vortex line in a type-II superconductor : a microscopic study
The electromagnetic response of a pinned Abrikosov fluxoid is examined in the
framework of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism. The matrix elements and the
selection rules for both the single photon (emission - absorption) and two
photon (Raman scattering) processes are obtained. The results reveal striking
asymmetries: light absorption by quasiparticle pair creation or single
quasiparticle scattering can occur only if the handedness of the incident
radiation is opposite to that of the vortex core states. We show how these
effects will lead to nonreciprocal circular birefringence, and also predict
structure in the frequency dependence of conductivity and in the differential
cross section of the Raman scattering.Comment: 14 pages (RevTex
Evidence of Andreev bound states as a hallmark of the FFLO phase in -(BEDT-TTF)Cu(NCS)
Superconductivity is a quantum phenomena arising, in its simplest form, from
pairing of fermions with opposite spin into a state with zero net momentum.
Whether superconductivity can occur in fermionic systems with unequal number of
two species distinguished by spin, atomic hyperfine states, flavor, presents an
important open question in condensed matter, cold atoms, and quantum
chromodynamics, physics. In the former case the imbalance between spin-up and
spin-down electrons forming the Cooper pairs is indyced by the magnetic field.
Nearly fifty years ago Fulde, Ferrell, Larkin and Ovchinnikov (FFLO) proposed
that such imbalanced system can lead to exotic superconductivity in which pairs
acquire finite momentum. The finite pair momentum leads to spatially
inhomogeneous state consisting of of a periodic alternation of "normal" and
"superconducting" regions. Here, we report nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
measurements providing microscopic evidence for the existence of this new
superconducting state through the observation of spin-polarized quasiparticles
forming so-called Andreev bound states.Comment: 6 pages, 5 fig
Prediction of inorganic superconductors with quasi-one-dimensional crystal structure
Models of superconductors having a quasi-one-dimensional crystal structure
based on the convoluted into a tube Ginzburg sandwich, which comprises a
layered dielectric-metal-dielectric structure, have been suggested. The
critical crystal chemistry parameters of the Ginzburg sandwich determining the
possibility of the emergence of superconductivity and the Tc value in layered
high-Tc cuprates, which could have the same functions in quasi-one-dimensional
fragments (sandwich-type tubes), have been examined. The crystal structures of
known low-temperature superconductors, in which one can mark out similar
quasi-one- dimensional fragments, have been analyzed. Five compounds with
quasi-one-dimensional structures, which can be considered as potential parents
of new superconductor families, possibly with high transition temperatures,
have been suggested. The methods of doping and modification of these compounds
are provided.Comment: 22 pages, 14 figures and 2 table
Fermi surface of a system with strong valence fluctuations : evidence for a noninteger count of valence electrons in EuIr2Si2
We present de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) measurements on an Eu-based valence-fluctuating system. EuIr2Si2 exhibits a temperature-dependent, noninteger europium valence with Eu2.8+ at low temperatures. The comparison of experimental results from our magnetic-torque experiments in fields up to 32 T and density functional theory band-structure calculations with localized 4f electrons shows that the best agreement is reached for a Fermi surface based on a valence of Eu2.8+. The calculated quantum-oscillation frequencies for Eu3+ instead cannot explain all the experimentally observed frequencies. The effective masses, derived from the temperature dependence of the dHvA oscillation amplitudes, show not only a significant enhancement with masses up to 11me (me being the free electron mass), but also a magnetic-field dependence of the heaviest mass. We attribute the formation of these heavy masses to strong correlation effects resulting from valence fluctuations of 4f electrons being strongly hybridized with conduction electrons. The increase of the heavy masses with magnetic field likely results from the onset of the expected field-induced valence crossover that enhances these valence fluctuations but does not alter the Fermi-surface topology in the field range studied
International health policy survey in 11 countries: assessment of non-response bias in the Norwegian sample
Interpretation of clinical guidelines for poisoned patients: positive and negative effects of standard phrases used in TOXBASE
The Flux-Line Lattice in Superconductors
Magnetic flux can penetrate a type-II superconductor in form of Abrikosov
vortices. These tend to arrange in a triangular flux-line lattice (FLL) which
is more or less perturbed by material inhomogeneities that pin the flux lines,
and in high- supercon- ductors (HTSC's) also by thermal fluctuations. Many
properties of the FLL are well described by the phenomenological
Ginzburg-Landau theory or by the electromagnetic London theory, which treats
the vortex core as a singularity. In Nb alloys and HTSC's the FLL is very soft
mainly because of the large magnetic penetration depth: The shear modulus of
the FLL is thus small and the tilt modulus is dispersive and becomes very small
for short distortion wavelength. This softness of the FLL is enhanced further
by the pronounced anisotropy and layered structure of HTSC's, which strongly
increases the penetration depth for currents along the c-axis of these uniaxial
crystals and may even cause a decoupling of two-dimensional vortex lattices in
the Cu-O layers. Thermal fluctuations and softening may melt the FLL and cause
thermally activated depinning of the flux lines or of the 2D pancake vortices
in the layers. Various phase transitions are predicted for the FLL in layered
HTSC's. The linear and nonlinear magnetic response of HTSC's gives rise to
interesting effects which strongly depend on the geometry of the experiment.Comment: Review paper for Rep.Prog.Phys., 124 narrow pages. The 30 figures do
not exist as postscript file
- âŠ