Anomalous surface states at interfaces in p-wave superconductors

被引:27
作者
Bakurskiy, S. V. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Golubov, A. A. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Kupriyanov, M. Yu. [2 ,5 ]
Yada, K. [6 ]
Tanaka, Y. [2 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Fac Phys, Moscow 119992, Russia
[2] Moscow Inst Phys & Technol, Moscow 141700, Russia
[3] Univ Twente, Fac Sci & Technol, NL-7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands
[4] Univ Twente, MESA Inst Nanotechnol, NL-7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands
[5] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, SINP MSU, Moscow 119991, Russia
[6] Nagoya Univ, Dept Appl Phys, Nagoya, Aichi 4648603, Japan
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2014年 / 90卷 / 06期
基金
日本科学技术振兴机构;
关键词
SPIN-TRIPLET SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; T-C SUPERCONDUCTORS; TIME-REVERSAL SYMMETRY; ANDREEV BOUND-STATES; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; PAIRING SYMMETRY; FERMI SUPERFLUIDS; ORDER-PARAMETER; ROUGH-SURFACE; KNIGHT-SHIFT;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.90.064513
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We present the results of theoretical study of surface state properties in a two-dimensional model for triplet p-wave superconductors. We derive boundary conditions for Eilenberger equations at rough interfaces and develop the approach for self-consistent solution for the spatial dependence of p(x)- and p(x) + ip(y)-wave pair potentials. In the p(x) case we demonstrate the robustness of the zero-energy peak in the density of states (DoS) with respect to surface roughness, in contrast to the suppression of such a peak in the case of d(xy) symmetry. This effect is due to stability of odd-frequency pairing state at the surface with respect to disorder. In the case of the chiral p(x) + ip(y) state we demonstrate the appearance of a complex multipeak subgap structure in the spectrum with increasing surface roughness.
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