Enhancement of Superconductivity due to Magnetic Fields in Composite D-wave Superconductors

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Abstract

We study the response of composite D-wave superconductors to weak magnetic fields, at temperatures much lower than the bulk critical temperature. Such systems are formed by superconducting droplets, embedded into a normal metal host in a random fashion. Such system can be modeled as a network of XY spins, with strongly disordered Josephson couplings. We show that the application of a weak magnetic field enhances the superconducting fraction of the system in a non analytic way, as well as the critical temperature. This has to be compared with homogeneous superconductors, whose superconducting properties are always reduced by magnetic fields.

Presenters

  • Mauro Schiulaz

    Physics, Boston University, Physics, Yeshiva Univ

Authors

  • Mauro Schiulaz

    Physics, Boston University, Physics, Yeshiva Univ

  • Christopher Baldwin

    Physics, Boston University

  • Christopher Laumann

    Boston University, Physics Department, Boston University, Physics, Boston University

  • Boris Spivak

    Physics, University of Washington