In the framework of the Ginzburg-Landau approach, we present a self-consistent theory of specific soliton states in mesoscopic (thin-walled) two-band-superconducting cylinders in external parallel magnetic fields. Such states arise in the presence of "Josephson-type" interband coupling, when phase winding numbers are different for each component of the superconducting order parameter. We evaluate the Gibbs free energy of the sysyem up to second-order terms in a certain dimensionless parameter $ε\approx\frac{\mathcal{L}_{m}}{\mathcal{L}_{k}}\ll1$, where $\mathcal{L}_{m}$ and $\mathcal{L}_{k} $ are the magnetic and kinetic inductance, respectively. We derive the complete set of exact soliton solutions. These solutions are thoroughly analyzed from the viewpoint of both local and global (thermodynamic) stability. In particular, we show that rotational-symmetry-breaking caused by the formation of solitons gives rise to a zero-frequency rotational mode. Although soliton states prove to be thermodynamically metastable, the minimal energy gap between the lowest-lying single-soliton states and thermodynamically stable zero-soliton states can be much smaller than the magnetic Gibbs free energy of the latter states, provided that intraband "penetration depths" differ substantially and interband coupling is weak. The results of our investigation may apply to a wide class of mesoscopic doubly-connected structures exhibiting two-band superconductivity.
Phase solitons in a weakly coupled three-component superconductor
基于唯象的Ginzburg-Landau方法,研究了一类介观双连通结构(薄壁圆柱)三组分超导体在外磁场中的相位孤子态.吉布斯自由能的分析表明,三组分超导体中的孤子态是介稳态的,与基态之间有相当大的能量间隔。我们的研究结果表明,尽管存在相位孤子状态的动物园,但早期提出的用于检测多频带超导体中BTRS的方法[Phys. Rev. B 96,144513(2017)]仍然有效和有用。
Stabilization of Interband Phase Solitons in Two-Band Noncentrosymmetric Superconducting Rings
Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC), Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU(材料物理中心);Tel Aviv University(特拉维夫大学);Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá(塔拉帕卡大学高等研究所);Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW Dresden(德累斯顿IFW固体物理理论研究所);Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)(圣塞巴斯蒂安国际物理中心)