Thermodynamics and Excitation Spectrum of a Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductor in a High Magnetic Field

Abstract

At high magnetic field, the semiclassical approximation which underlies the Ginzburg-Landau theory of the mixed state of type II superconductors breaks down. In a quasi-1D superconductor with an {\it open Fermi surface}, a high magnetic field stabilizes a cascade of superconducting phases which ends in a strong reentrance of the superconducting phase. From a microscopic mean-field model, we determine the thermodynamics and the excitation spectrum of these quantum superconducting phases.Comment: 4 pages (twocolumn) + 3 figures (upon request), RevTex, ORSAY-LPS-0