Power-Law Temperature Dependence of the Penetration Depth in a Topological Superconductor Due to Surface States.
Journal
Physical review letters
ISSN: 1079-7114
Titre abrégé: Phys Rev Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401141
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Feb 2020
14 Feb 2020
Historique:
received:
01
06
2019
accepted:
27
01
2020
entrez:
29
2
2020
pubmed:
29
2
2020
medline:
29
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We study the temperature dependence of the magnetic penetration depth in a 3D topological superconductor (TSC), incorporating the paramagnetic current due to the surface states. A TSC is predicted to host a gapless 2D surface Majorana fluid. In addition to the bulk-dominated London response, we identify a T^{3} power-law-in-temperature contribution from the surface, valid in the low-temperature limit. Our system is fully gapped in the bulk, and should be compared to bulk nodal superconductivity, which also exhibits power-law behavior. Power-law temperature dependence of the penetration depth can be one indicator of topological superconductivity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32109094
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.067001
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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