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    Charge current in ferromagnet-superconductor junction with pairing state of broken time-reversal symmetry

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    We calculate the tunneling conductance spectra of a ferromagnetic metal/insulator/superconductor using the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) formulation. Two possible states for the superconductor are considered with the time reversal symmetry (T\cal{T}) broken, i.e., dx2βˆ’y2+isd_{x^2-y^2}+is, or dx2βˆ’y2+idxyd_{x^2-y^2}+id_{xy}. In both cases the tunneling conductance within the gap is suppressed with the increase of the exchange interaction due to the suppression of the Andreev reflection. In the (dx2βˆ’y2+is)(d_{x^2-y^2}+is)-wave case the peaks that exist when the ferromagnet is a normal metal in the amplitude of the s-wave component due to the bound state formation are reduced symmetrically, with the increase of the exchange field, while in the (dx2βˆ’y2+idxy)(d_{x^2-y^2}+id_{xy})-wave case the residual density of states within the gap develops a dip around E=0 with the increase of the exchange field. These results would be useful to discriminate between T\cal{T}-broken pairing states near the surface in high-TcT_c superconductorsComment: 17 pages with 11 figure
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