Derivation of the Ginzburg-Landau equations for a ferromagnetic p-wave superconductor

E. K. Dahl and A. Sudbø
Phys. Rev. B 75, 144504 – Published 10 April 2007

Abstract

We derive a Ginzburg-Landau free energy for a p-wave ferromagnetic superconductor. The starting point is a microscopic Hamiltonian including a spin generalized BCS term and a Heisenberg exchange term. We find that coexistence of magnetization and superconductivity depends on the sign of the energy gradient of the DOS at Fermi level. We also compute the tunneling contribution to the Ginzburg-Landau free energy, and find expressions for the spin currents and Josephson currents across a tunneling junction separating two ferromagnetic p-wave superconductors.

  • Received 6 September 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.144504

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

E. K. Dahl1 and A. Sudbø1,2

  • 1Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
  • 2Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Drammensveien 78, N-0271 Oslo, Norway

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Vol. 75, Iss. 14 — 1 April 2007

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