The Signature of Inhomogeneous Superconductivity

Superconductivity can be inhomogeneous, having a periodically modulated order parameter, in materials that have long electronic mean free paths and where the effects of vortices are suppressed. One class of materials that has these properties is crystalline organic superconductors. They are stoichio...

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Published in:Journal of low temperature physics 2016-11, Vol.185 (3-4), p.220-229
Main Authors: Agosta, Charles C., Bishop-Van Horn, Logan, Newman, Max
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Crystal structure
Crystals
Electronics
Fluid flow
Low temperature physics
Magnetic Materials
Magnetism
Mean free path
Order parameters
Organic superconductors
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Superconductivity
Superconductors
Vortices
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Summary:Superconductivity can be inhomogeneous, having a periodically modulated order parameter, in materials that have long electronic mean free paths and where the effects of vortices are suppressed. One class of materials that has these properties is crystalline organic superconductors. They are stoichiometric compounds and highly anisotropic crystals such that the vortices that form can hide in the least conducting layers. We analyze recent data to look for complexity in the inhomogeneous states, such as changes in the order parameter nodal structure.
ISSN:0022-2291
1573-7357
DOI:10.1007/s10909-016-1657-y