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Title: Polar Kerr effect studies of time reversal symmetry breaking states in heavy fermion superconductors

Abstract

The connection between chiral superconductivity and topological order has emerged as an active direction in research as more instances of both have been identified in condensed matter systems. Moreover, with the notable exception of 3He-B, all of the known or suspected chiral – that is to say time-reversal symmetry-breaking (TRSB) – superfluids arise in heavy fermion superconductors, although the vast majority of heavy fermion superconductors preserve time-reversal symmetry. We review recent experimental efforts to identify TRSB states in heavy fermion systems via measurement of polar Kerr effect, which is a direct consequence of TRSB.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Gaballe Lab. for Advanced Materials
  2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Gaballe Lab. for Advanced Materials, Dept. of Physics
  3. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Gaballe Lab. for Advanced Materials, Dept. of Physics, Dept. of Applied Physics; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Inst. of Energy and Materials Science
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1361081
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1414782
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; 0425897
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 535; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0921-4534
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; heavy fermion superconductors; Kerr effect; time-reversal symmetry

Citation Formats

Schemm, E. R., Levenson-Falk, E. M., and Kapitulnik, A. Polar Kerr effect studies of time reversal symmetry breaking states in heavy fermion superconductors. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physc.2016.11.012.
Schemm, E. R., Levenson-Falk, E. M., & Kapitulnik, A. Polar Kerr effect studies of time reversal symmetry breaking states in heavy fermion superconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2016.11.012
Schemm, E. R., Levenson-Falk, E. M., and Kapitulnik, A. Wed . "Polar Kerr effect studies of time reversal symmetry breaking states in heavy fermion superconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2016.11.012. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1361081.
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title = {Polar Kerr effect studies of time reversal symmetry breaking states in heavy fermion superconductors},
author = {Schemm, E. R. and Levenson-Falk, E. M. and Kapitulnik, A.},
abstractNote = {The connection between chiral superconductivity and topological order has emerged as an active direction in research as more instances of both have been identified in condensed matter systems. Moreover, with the notable exception of 3He-B, all of the known or suspected chiral – that is to say time-reversal symmetry-breaking (TRSB) – superfluids arise in heavy fermion superconductors, although the vast majority of heavy fermion superconductors preserve time-reversal symmetry. We review recent experimental efforts to identify TRSB states in heavy fermion systems via measurement of polar Kerr effect, which is a direct consequence of TRSB.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physc.2016.11.012},
journal = {Physica. C, Superconductivity},
number = C,
volume = 535,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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