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Quasiclassical theory of twin boundaries in high-T-c superconductors
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 102829
Author(s) Belzig, W; Bruder, C; Sigrist, M
Author(s) at UniBasel Bruder, Christoph
Year 1998
Title Quasiclassical theory of twin boundaries in high-T-c superconductors
Journal Physical review letters
Volume 80
Number 19
Pages / Article-Number 4285-4288
Abstract

We investigate the electronic structure of twin boundaries in orthorhombically distorted high-T-c, materials using the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity. At low temperatures we find a local instability to a time-reversal symmetry breaking state at the twin boundary. This state yields spontaneous currents along the twin boundary that are microscopically explained by the structure of the quasiparticle bound states. We calculate the local density of states and find a splitting in the zero-bias peak once the spontaneous currents set in. This splitting is measurable by STM techniques and is a unique signature of time-reversal breaking states at a twin boundary.

Publisher American Physical Society
ISSN/ISBN 0031-9007
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5252861
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4285
ISI-Number WOS:000073550200044
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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