Microscopic solutions for vortex clustering in two-band type-1.5 superconductors

Igor Timoshuk; Egor Babaev

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.110.064509

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Microscopic solutions for vortex clustering in two-band type-1.5 superconductors

Igor Timoshuk, Egor Babaev

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.064509 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Two-band superconductors exhibit a distinct phase characterized by two correlation lengths, one smaller and the other larger than the magnetic field penetration length. This regime was coined type-1.5 superconductivity, with several unconventional properties, such as vortex clustering. However, a fully microscopic solution for vortex clusters has remained challenging due to computational complexities beyond quasiclassical models. This work presents numerical solutions obtained in a fully self-consistent two-band Bogoliubov–de Gennes model. We show the presence of discrepant correlation lengths leading to vortex clustering in two-band superconductors.