Disorder-induced triplet superconductivity

T. R. Kirkpatrick and D. Belitz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1533 – Published 18 March 1991
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Abstract

We present a purely electronic mechanism for superconductivity in a disordered Fermi liquid. It is based on long-time-tail effects in electronic correlations, is strongest in two-dimensional systems, and leads to triplet even-parity pairing. The mechanism has a potential for high transition temperatures and high critical fields. The superconducting state shows interesting features, including a short coherence length, and a gapless tunneling density of states.

  • Received 20 July 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1533

©1991 American Physical Society

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T. R. Kirkpatrick

  • Institute for Physical Science and Technology and Department of Physics Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

D. Belitz

  • Department of Physics and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403

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Vol. 66, Iss. 11 — 18 March 1991

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