journal article·2021-12-06Open access

Giant magnetoconductivity in noncentrosymmetric superconductors

M. Smith, A. V. Andreev, B. Z. Spivak

Physical Review B· Volume 104· Issue 22

Abstract

We discuss a physical mechanism which gives rise to a giant magnetoconductivity in noncentrosymmetric superconducting films. This mechanism is caused by a combination of spin-orbit interaction and inversion symmetry breaking in the system, and arises in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field ${\mathbf{H}}_{\ensuremath{\parallel}}$. It produces a contribution to the conductivity, which displays a strong dependence on the angle between the electric field $\mathbf{E}$ and ${\mathbf{H}}_{\ensuremath{\parallel}}$, and is proportional to the inelastic relaxation time of quasiparticles. Since in typical situations the latter is much larger than the elastic one, this contribution can be much larger than the conventional Mattis-Bardeen conductivity thus leading to giant microwave absorption.
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OpenAlex topics: Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism · Topological Materials and Phenomena · Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

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Affiliations

Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow 143026, Russia

L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow 119334, Russia

Funding

National Science Foundation · Russian Science Foundation

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