Spontaneous Appearance of the Spin-Triplet Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov Phase in a Two-Band Model: Possible Application to LaFeAsO 1−x F x

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 28 - Trang 1155-1160 - 2014
M. Zegrodnik1, J. Spałek1,2
1Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
2Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Tóm tắt

The possibility of a spontaneous spin-triplet paired phase of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov type is studied. As it is shown in a system with the dominant interband pairing and two distinct Fermi surface sheets, the Fermi wave-vector mismatch can be compensated by a nonzero center-of-mass momentum of the Cooper pairs. This idea is examined with the use of a model which describes the two hole-like bands in the iron-based superconductor. It is shown that for the proper range of model parameters, the minima of the free energy appear which correspond to a nonzero Cooper pair momentum. Different superconducting gap symmetries are analyzed, and the corresponding phase diagrams are shown.

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