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Title: Locking of length scales in two-band superconductors

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Okayama Univ., Okayama (Japan)
  2. Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  3. Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, Karlsruhe (Germany)

Here, a model of a clean two-band s-wave superconductor with cylindrical Fermi surfaces, different Fermi velocities v1,2, and a general 2×2 coupling matrix Vαβ is used to study the order parameter distribution in vortex lattices. The Eilenberger weak coupling formalism is used to calculate numerically the spatial distributions of the pairing amplitudes Δ1 and Δ2 of the two bands for vortices parallel to the Fermi cylinders. For generic values of the interband coupling V12, it is shown that, independently of the couplings Vαβ, of the ratio v1/v2, of the temperature, and the applied field, the length scales of spatial variation of Δ1 and of Δ2 are the same within the accuracy of our calculations. The only exception from this single length-scale behavior is found for V12 << V11, i.e., for nearly decoupled bands.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1355899
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1344591
Report Number(s):
IS-J-9320; PRBMDO; TRN: US1702608
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 95, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 12 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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