Signature of superconducting states in cubic crystal without inversion symmetry

Abstract

The effects of the absence of inversion symmetry on superconducting states are investigated theoretically. In particular, we focus on the noncentrosymmetric compounds that have the cubic symmetry O like Li2Pt3B. An appropriate and isotropic spin-orbital interaction is added in the Hamiltonian, and it acts like a magnetic monopole in the momentum space. The consequent pairing wave function has an additional triplet component in the pseudospin space, and a Zeeman magnetic field B can induce a collinear supercurrent J with a coefficient κ(T). The effects of anisotropy embedded in the cubic symmetry and the nodal superconducting gap function on κ(T) are also considered. From the macroscopic perspectives, the pair of mutually induced J and magnetization M can affect the distribution of magnetic field in such noncentrosymmetric superconductors, which is studied through solving the Maxwell equation in the Meissner geometry as well as the case of a single vortex line. In both cases, magnetic fields perpendicular to the external ones emerge as a signature of the broken symmetry.

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