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Self-consistent Bogoliubov–de Gennes theory of the vortex lattice state in a two-dimensional strongly type-II superconductor at high magnetic fields

Vladimir Zhuravlev, Wenye Duan, Tsofar Maniv

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.024502 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

A self-consistent Bogoliubov–de Gennes theory of the vortex lattice state in a 2D strong type-II superconductor at high magnetic fields reveals a novel quantum mixed state around the semiclassical Hc2, characterized by a well-defined Landau-Bloch band structure in the quasiparticle spectrum and suppressed order-parameter amplitude, which sharply crossover into the well-known semiclassical (Helfand-Werthamer) results upon decreasing magnetic field. Application to the 2D superconducting state observed recently on the surface of the topological insulator Sb2Te3 accounts well for the experimental data, revealing a strong type-II superconductor, with unusually low carrier density and very small cyclotron mass, which can be realized only in the strong coupling superconductor limit.

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