Vortex State in NaxCoO2·yH2O: px±ipy–Wave Versus dx2–y2±idxy–Wave Pairing

Based on an effective Hamiltonian specified in the triangular lattice with possible px±ipy– or dx2–y2±idxy–wave pairing, which has close relevance to the newly discovered Na0.35CoO2·yH2O, the electronic structure of the vortex state is studied by solving the Bogoliubov–de Gennes equations. It is fou...

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Published in:Physical Review Letters
Main Authors: Han, Q, Wang, QH, Xia, T, Wang, ZD
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://prl.aps.org 2004
Subjects:
IPY
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.027004
http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0031-9007&volume=92&issue=2&spage=027004:1&epage=4&date=2004&atitle=Vortex+State+in+NaxCoO2·yH2O:+px±ipy–Wave+Versus+dx2–y2±idxy–Wave+Pairing
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/42491
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Summary:Based on an effective Hamiltonian specified in the triangular lattice with possible px±ipy– or dx2–y2±idxy–wave pairing, which has close relevance to the newly discovered Na0.35CoO2·yH2O, the electronic structure of the vortex state is studied by solving the Bogoliubov–de Gennes equations. It is found that px±ipy wave is favored for the electron doping as the hopping integral t<0. The lowest-lying vortex bound states are found to have, respectively, zero and positive energies for px±ipy– and dx2–y2±idxy–wave superconductors, whose vortex structures exhibit the intriguing sixfold symmetry. In the presence of strong on-site repulsion, the antiferromagnetic order and local ferromagnetic moment are induced around the vortex cores for the former and the latter, respectively, both of which cause the splitting of the local density of states peaks due to the lifting of spin degeneracy. published_or_final_version