Structure of the non-uniform Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in 3D superconductors

Authors
Houzet, M Meurdesoif, Y Coste, O Buzdin, A
Citation
M. Houzet et al., Structure of the non-uniform Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in 3D superconductors, PHYSICA C, 316(1-2), 1999, pp. 89-96
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA C
ISSN journal
09214534 → ACNP
Volume
316
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
89 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4534(19990501)316:1-2<89:SOTNFS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We demonstrate that in 3D superconductors the transition between a normal p hase and a non-uniform superconducting phase is always of the first order i n the pure paramagnetic limit. We also determine the transition temperature and the structure of the modulated 'lattice' by means of the generalized G inzburg-Landau functional near the tricritical temperature, and the exact G orkov equations in the whole temperature interval. (C) 1999 Elsevier Scienc e B.V. All rights reserved.