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Field-Direction Dependence of the Upper Critical Field in Organic Superconductors

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In this work, we investigate the anisotropy of the in-plane critical field in conventional and spatially modulated phases of layered superconductors within the quasi-classical approach, taking into account the interlayer Josephson coupling. We show that the anisotropy of the onset of superconductivity may change dramatically in the FFLO state as compared with the conventional superconducting phase.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the support by the European Community under a Marie Curie IEF Action (Grant Agreement No. PIEF-GA-2009-235486-ScQSR), the French Project “SINUS” ANR-09-BLAN-0146, and thank A. S. Mel’nikov for fruitful discussions.

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  1. LOMA, UMR 5798, Université Bordeaux I, 33405, Talence, France

    M. D. Croitoru & A. I. Buzdin

  2. DRFMC/SPSMS/LCP, CEA, Grenoble, 38054, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    M. Houzet

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Croitoru, M.D., Houzet, M. & Buzdin, A.I. Field-Direction Dependence of the Upper Critical Field in Organic Superconductors. J Supercond Nov Magn 25, 1283–1287 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-012-1595-0

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