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arxiv: 0907.2410 · v1 · submitted 2009-07-14 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con · cond-mat.str-el

Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase in the presence of pair hopping interaction

classification ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.str-el
keywords fflointeractionhoppingpairphasefieldmagneticabsence
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The recent experimental support for the presence of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phase in the CeCoIn5 directed the attention towards the mechanisms responsible for this type of superconductivity. We investigate the FFLO state in a model where on--site/inter--site pairing coexists with repulsive pair hopping interaction. The latter interaction is interesting in that it leads to pairing with nonzero momentum of the Cooper pairs even in the absence of the external magnetic field (the so-called eta-pairing). It turns out that depending on the strength of the pair hopping interaction the magnetic field can induce one of two types of the FFLO phase with different spatial modulations of the order parameter. It is argued that the properties of the FFLO phase may give information about the magnitude of the pair hopping interaction. We also show that eta-pairing and d-wave superconductivity may coexist in the FFLO state. It holds true also for superconductors which in the absence of magnetic field are of pure d-wave type.

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