FRACTIONAL VORTICES ON GRAIN-BOUNDARIES - THE CASE FOR BROKEN TIME-REVERSAL SYMMETRY IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS

Authors
BAILEY DB SIGRIST M LAUGHLIN RB
Citation
Db. Bailey et al., FRACTIONAL VORTICES ON GRAIN-BOUNDARIES - THE CASE FOR BROKEN TIME-REVERSAL SYMMETRY IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 55(22), 1997, pp. 15239-15247
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
55
Issue
22
Year of publication
1997
Pages
15239 - 15247
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1997)55:22<15239:FVOG-T>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We discuss the problem of broken time-reversal symmetry near grain bou ndaries in a d-wave superconductor based on a Ginzburg-Landau theory. It is shown that such a state can lead to fractional Vortices on the g rain boundary. Both analytical and numerical results show the structur e of this type of state.