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Novel Properties of the Time-Reversal-Symmetry-Broken State in Multi-Component Superconductors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25400385
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Condensed matter physics II
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Materials Science

Principal Investigator

Hu Xiao  国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構, 国際ナノアーキテクトニクス研究拠点, 主任研究者 (90238428)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywordsmultiband superconductor / time-reversal symmetry / flux quantum / fractional flux / time reversal symmetry / Josephson junction / SQUID / vortex cluster / unequal critical current
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Iron-based superconductors are known to have multi components. Nontrivial phase differences among components appear in a three-component superconductor when the inter-component interactions are repulsive, and a time-reversal-symmetry-broken state is stablized even without external magnetic field. We have revealed that, (1) the critical current is direction dependent in a Josephson junction between the TRSB superconductor and a single-component one; (2) steps with un-quantized flux appear in the magnetization curve (B-H curve) of a TRSB superconductor, and steps appear always in pair with the sum of fluxes equal to the flux quantization.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Helical spin texture and interference of Majorana bound states in one-dimensional topological superconductor2016

    • Author(s)
      T. Kawakami and X. Hu
    • Journal Title

      J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.

      Volume: 85 Issue: 1 Pages: 013701-013701

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpsj.85.013701

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Fractional Flux Plateau in Magnetization Curve of Multi-Component Superconductor Loop2015

    • Author(s)
      Z. Huang and X. Hu
    • Journal Title

      Phys. Rev. B

      Volume: 92 Issue: 21

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.92.214516

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Solution of Sine-Gordon Equations with Weak and Moderate Inductive Couplings under Bias Current and Dissipations2015

    • Author(s)
      F. Liu and X. Hu
    • Journal Title

      J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.

      Volume: 84 Issue: 6 Pages: 064719-064719

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpsj.84.064719

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Viewing Majorana bound states by Rabi oscillations2015

    • Author(s)
      Z. Wang, Q.-F. Liang, D.-X. Yao and X. Hu
    • Journal Title

      Sci. Rep.

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/srep11686

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of density of states and a spin-resolved checkerboard-type pattern associated with the Majorana bound state2015

    • Author(s)
      T. Kawakami and X. Hu
    • Journal Title

      Phys. Rev. Lett.

      Volume: 115 Issue: 17

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevlett.115.177001

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Josephson Effects in Three-Band Superconductors with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry2014

    • Author(s)
      Z. Huang, and X. Hu
    • Journal Title

      Appl. Phys. Lett.

      Volume: 104 Pages: 162602-162602

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Imaging Josephson vortices on the surface superconductor Si(111)-(v7xv3)-In using a scanning tunneling microscope2014

    • Author(s)
      S. Yoshizawa, H. Kim, T. Kawakami, Y. Nagai, T. Nakayama, X. Hu, Y. Hasegawa, and T. Uchihashi
    • Journal Title

      Phys. Rev. Lett.

      Volume: 113 Pages: 247007-247007

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Excitation spectrum of Josephson vortices on surface superconductor2014

    • Author(s)
      T. Kawakami, Y. Nagai, S. Yoshizawa, H. Kim, Y. Hasegawa, T. Nakayama, T. Uchihashi, X. Hu
    • Journal Title

      J. Phys. Conference Series

      Volume: 568 Pages: 022022-022022

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] H–T Phase Diagram of Multi-component Superconductors with Frustrated Inter-component Couplings2014

    • Author(s)
      Yuki Takahashi, Zhao Huang, and Xiao Hu
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

      Volume: 83 Issue: 3 Pages: 034701-034701

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpsj.83.034701

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Unconventional vortex state in multicomponent superconductors with time-reversal symmetry breaking2013

    • Author(s)
      Yuki Takahashi, Zhao Huang, Xiao Hu
    • Journal Title

      Physica C

      Volume: 493 Pages: 82-84

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.physc.2013.03.033

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Novel Vortex States and Josephson Effects in Multiband Superconductors2015

    • Author(s)
      X. Hu
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Vortex workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Spain
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Josephson Phenomena in Novel Superconducting States2014

    • Author(s)
      X. Hu
    • Organizer
      9th International Symposium on Intrinsic Josephson Junctions and THz Plasma Oscillations in High-Tc Superconductors
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-01 – 2014-12-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Multi-Band Superconductivity with Broken Time Reversal Symmetry2014

    • Author(s)
      X. Hu
    • Organizer
      10th International Workshop on Nanomagnetism and Superconductivity
    • Place of Presentation
      Coma-ruga, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-30 – 2014-07-04
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Manipulation of Majorana Fermions in Vortex State2013

    • Author(s)
      X. Hu and Q.-F. Liang
    • Organizer
      14th International Workshop on Vortex Matter in Superconductors
    • Place of Presentation
      Nanjing, China
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Generating THz Electromagnetic Wave Based on Superconductivity -- Mechanism, Possibility and Challenge2013

    • Author(s)
      X. Hu
    • Organizer
      2013 International Symposium on Microwave/Terahertz Science and Application
    • Place of Presentation
      Shanghai, China
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] THz Electromagnetic Wave and Josephson Effect2013

    • Author(s)
      X. Hu
    • Organizer
      Summer School on the New Concepts in Condensed Matter Physics
    • Place of Presentation
      Weihai, China
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Majorana bound states in hybrid-structured topological superconductors2013

    • Author(s)
      X. Hu
    • Organizer
      MTI and ITS Fall Workshop 2013
    • Place of Presentation
      Evanston, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 人工構造による新奇なトポロジカル絶縁体・超伝導体の創成2013

    • Author(s)
      胡暁
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会秋季大会シンポジュウム
    • Place of Presentation
      徳島、日本
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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