The physics of pair-density waves: cuprate superconductors and beyond

DF Agterberg, JCS Davis, SD Edkins… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We review the physics of pair-density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a
macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge …

Superconducting phases of -electron compounds

C Pfleiderer - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2009 - APS
Intermetallic compounds containing f-electron elements display a wealth of superconducting
phases, which are prime candidates for unconventional pairing with complex order …

Inhomogeneous superconductivity in condensed matter and QCD

R Casalbuoni, G Nardulli - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2004 - APS
Inhomogeneous superconductivity arises when the species participating in the pairing
phenomenon have different Fermi surfaces with a large enough separation. In these …

Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov state in heavy fermion superconductors

Y Matsuda, H Shimahara - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2007 - journals.jps.jp
The Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state is a novel superconducting state in a
strong magnetic field characterized by the formation of Cooper pairs with nonzero total …

Possible Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov Superconducting State in

A Bianchi, R Movshovich, C Capan, PG Pagliuso… - Physical review …, 2003 - APS
We report specific heat measurements of the heavy fermion superconductor C e C o I n 5 in
the vicinity of the superconducting critical field H c 2, with magnetic fields in the [110],[100] …

Crystalline color superconductivity

M Alford, JA Bowers, K Rajagopal - Physical Review D, 2001 - APS
In any context in which color superconductivity arises in nature, it is likely to involve pairing
between species of quarks with differing chemical potentials. For suitable values of the …

Thermal, electric and spin transport in superconductor/ferromagnetic-insulator structures

TT Heikkilä, M Silaev, P Virtanen… - Progress in Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
A ferromagnetic insulator (FI) attached to a conventional superconductor (S) changes
drastically the properties of the latter. Specifically, the exchange field at the FI/S interface …

First-Order Superconducting Phase Transition in

A Bianchi, R Movshovich, N Oeschler, P Gegenwart… - Physical review …, 2002 - APS
The superconducting phase transition in heavy fermion C e C o I n 5 (T c= 2.3 K in zero field)
becomes first order when the magnetic field H∥[001] is greater than 4.7 T, and the transition …

Physics of our days: Cooling and thermometry of atomic Fermi gases

R Onofrio - Physics-Uspekhi, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the status of cooling techniques aimed at achieving the deepest quantum
degeneracy for atomic Fermi gases. We first discuss some physics motivations, providing a …

Observation of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in the quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2Cu (NCS) 2 (BEDT-TTF= bis (ethylene …

J Singleton, JA Symington, MS Nam… - Journal of Physics …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
Single crystals of the quasi-two-dimensional organic type II superconductor, κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2
Cu (NCS) 2, have been studied in magnetic fields of up to 33 T and at temperatures between …