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Ginzburg-Landau Equations and Vortex Structure of a dx2−y2 Superconductor

Yong Ren, Ji-Hai Xu, C. S. Ting

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3680 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We derive microscopically the Ginzburg-Landau equations of a superconductor with dx2−y2 symmetry. The structure of a single vortex in such a superconductor is determined by solving these equations. The most interesting feature of the vortex structure is the opposite winding s-wave component induced near the vortex core. Far away from the center of the vortex core, the winding of the s-wave component becomes more complicated and the magnitude shows strong anisotropy. The distributions of supercurrent and local magnetic field also show anisotropic behaviors.

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