Geometric effects on T-breaking in p+ip and d+id superconducting arrays

J. E. Moore and D.-H. Lee
Phys. Rev. B 69, 104511 – Published 19 March 2004
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Abstract

Superconducting order parameters that change phase around the Fermi surface modify Josephson tunneling behavior, as in the phase-sensitive measurements that confirmed d order in the cuprates. This paper studies Josephson coupling when the individual grains break time-reversal symmetry; the specific cases considered are p±ip and d±id, which may appear in Sr2RuO4 and NaxCoO2(H2O)y, respectively. T-breaking order parameters lead to frustrating phases when not all grains have the same sign of time-reversal symmetry breaking, and the effects of these frustrating phases depend sensitively on geometry for two-dimensional arrays of coupled grains. These systems can show perfect superconducting order with or without macroscopic T-breaking. The honeycomb lattice of superconducting grains has a superconducting phase with no spontaneous breaking of T but instead power-law correlations. The superconducting transition in this case is driven by binding of fractional vortices, and the zero-temperature criticality realizes a generalization of Baxter’s three-color model.

  • Received 7 October 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.104511

©2004 American Physical Society

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J. E. Moore and D.-H. Lee

  • Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

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Vol. 69, Iss. 10 — 1 March 2004

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