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A novel route to a finite center-of-mass momentum pairing state; current driven FFLO state
The previously studied Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state is
stabilized by a magnetic field via the Zeeman coupling in spin-singlet
superconductors. Here we suggest a novel route to achieve non-zero
center-of-mass momentum pairing states in superconductors with Fermi surface
nesting. We investigate two-dimensional superconductors under a uniform
external current, which leads to a finite pair-momentum of . We
find that an FFLO state with a spontaneous pair-momentum of is
stabilized above a certain critical current which depends on the direction of
the external current. A finite arises in order to make the total
pair-momentum of perpendicular to the
nesting vector, which lowers the free energy of the FFLO state, as compared to
the superconducting and normal states. We also suggest experimental signatures
of the FFLO state.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Bunching Transitions on Vicinal Surfaces and Quantum N-mers
We study vicinal crystal surfaces with the terrace-step-kink model on a
discrete lattice. Including both a short-ranged attractive interaction and a
long-ranged repulsive interaction arising from elastic forces, we discover a
series of phases in which steps coalesce into bunches of n steps each. The
value of n varies with temperature and the ratio of short to long range
interaction strengths. We propose that the bunch phases have been observed in
very recent experiments on Si surfaces. Within the context of a mapping of the
model to a system of bosons on a 1D lattice, the bunch phases appear as quantum
n-mers.Comment: 5 pages, RevTex; to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Depth profile photoemission study of thermally diffused Mn/GaAs (001) interfaces
We have performed a depth profile study of thermally diffused Mn/GaAs (001)
interfaces using photoemission spectroscopy combined with Ar-ion
sputtering. We found that Mn ion was thermally diffused into the deep region of
the GaAs substrate and completely reacted with GaAs. In the deep region, the Mn
2 core-level and Mn 3 valence-band spectra of the Mn/GaAs (001) sample
heated to 600 C were similar to those of GaMnAs,
zinc-blende-type MnAs dots, and/or interstitial Mn in tetrahedrally coordinated
by As atoms, suggesting that the Mn 3 states were essentially localized but
were hybridized with the electronic states of the host GaAs. Ferromagnetism was
observed in the dilute Mn phase.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
The role of in and reactions
The near threshold meson production in proton-proton and
collisions is studied with the assumption that the production mechanism is due
to the sub--threshold resonance. The , and
-meson exchanges for proton-proton collisions are considered. It is
shown that the contribution to the reaction from the t-channel
meson exchange is dominant. With a significant
coupling ( = 0.13), both and
data are very well reproduced. The significant coupling of
the resonance to is compatible with previous indications
of a large component in the quark wave function of the
resonance and may be the real origin of the significant enhancement of the
production over the naive OZI-rule predictions.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figure
A genuine maximally seven-qubit entangled state
Contrary to A.Borras et al.'s [1] conjecture, a genuine maximally seven-qubit
entangled state is presented. We find a seven-qubit state whose marginal
density matrices for subsystems of 1,2- qubits are all completely mixed and for
subsystems of 3-qubits is almost completely mixed
Magnetic Properties of J-J-J' Quantum Heisenberg Chains with Spin S=1/2, 1, 3/2 and 2 in a Magnetic Field
By means of the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method, the
magnetic properties of the J-J-J quantum Heisenberg chains with spin
, 1, 3/2 and 2 in the ground states are investigated in the presence of
a magnetic field. Two different cases are considered: (a) when is
antiferromagnetic and is ferromagnetic (i.e. the AF-AF-F chain),
the system is a ferrimagnet. The plateaus of the magnetization are observed. It
is found that the width of the plateaus decreases with increasing the
ferromagnetic coupling, and disappears when passes over a
critical value. The saturated field is observed to be independent of the
ferromagnetic coupling; (b) when is ferromagnetic and is
antiferromagnetic (i.e. the F-F-AF chain), the system becomes an
antiferromagnet. The plateaus of the magnetization are also seen. The width of
the plateaus decreases with decreasing the antiferromagnetic coupling, and
disappears when passes over a critical value. Though the ground
state properties are quite different, the magnetization plateaus in both cases
tend to disappear when the ferromagnetic coupling becomes more dominant.
Besides, no fundamental difference between the systems with spin half-integer
and integer has been found.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, to be published in J. Phys.: Condens. Matte
Picovoltmeter for probing vortex dynamics in a single weak-pinning Corbino channel
We have developed a picovoltmeter using a Nb dc Superconducting QUantum
Interference Device (SQUID) for measuring the flux-flow voltage from a small
number of vortices moving through a submicron weak-pinning superconducting
channel. We have applied this picovoltmeter to measure the vortex response in a
single channel arranged in a circle on a Corbino disk geometry. The circular
channel allows the vortices to follow closed orbits without encountering any
sample edges, thus eliminating the influence of entry barriers.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Review of Scientific Instrument
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