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arxiv: 1103.1395 · v3 · pith:JYYNW6MPnew · submitted 2011-03-07 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con · cond-mat.mtrl-sci· cond-mat.str-el

Induced polarization at a paraelectric/superconducting interface

classification ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
keywords polarizationinterfacesuperconductingelectricferroelectricinteractionlinearmodified
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We examine the modified electronic states at the interface between superconducting and ferro(para)-electric heterostructures. We find that electric polarization $P$ and superconducting $\psi$ order parameters can be significantly modified due to coupling through linear terms brought about by explicit symmetry breaking at the interface. Using an effective action and a Ginzburg-Landau formalism, we show that an interaction term linear in the electric polarization will modify the superconducting order parameter $\psi$ at the interface. This also produces modulation of a ferroelectric polarization. It is shown that a paraelectric-superconductor interaction will produce an interface-induced ferroelectric polarization.

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