Superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry: Spontaneous magnetization and quantum Hall effects

Baruch Horovitz and Anatoly Golub
Phys. Rev. B 68, 214503 – Published 10 December 2003
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Abstract

Broken time-reversal symmetry (BTRS) in d+id as well as in d+is superconductors is studied and is shown to yield current carrying surface states. We evaluate the temperature and thickness dependence of the resulting spontaneous magnetization and show a marked difference between weak and strong BTRS. We also derive the Hall conductance which vanishes at zero wave vector q and finite frequency ω; however, at finite q,ω it has an unusual structure. The chirality of the surface states leads to quantum Hall effects for spin and heat transport in d+id superconductors.

  • Received 18 June 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.214503

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Baruch Horovitz1,2 and Anatoly Golub1

  • 1Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
  • 2Ilze Katz Center for Nanotechnology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel

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Vol. 68, Iss. 21 — 1 December 2003

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