Local time-reversal-symmetry breaking in d(x2-y2) superconductors

Citation
Mj. Graf et al., Local time-reversal-symmetry breaking in d(x2-y2) superconductors, PHYS REV B, 61(5), 2000, pp. 3255-3258
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
10980121 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
3255 - 3258
Database
ISI
SICI code
1098-0121(20000201)61:5<3255:LTBIDS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We show that an isolated impurity in a spin singlet d(x2)-(y2) superconduct or generates a d(xy) order parameter with locally broken time-reversal symm etry. The origin of this effect is a coupling between the d(X2)-(y2) and th e d(xy) order parameter induced by spin-orbit scattering off the impurity. The signature of locally broken time-reversal symmetry is an induced orbita l charge current near the impurity, which generates a localized magnetic fi eld in the vicinity of the impurity. We present a microscopic theory for th e impurity-induced d(xy) component, discuss its spatial structure as well a s the pattern of induced current and local magnetic field near the localize d impurity spin.