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Nov, 1996

Star-shaped local density of states around vortices in a type-II superconductor

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • N Hayashi
  • ,
  • M Ichioka
  • ,
  • K Machida

Volume
77
Number
19
First page
4074
Last page
4077
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4074
Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC

The electronic structure of vortices in a type II superconductor is analyzed within the quasiclassical Eilenberger framework. The possible origin of a sixfold ''star'' shape of the local density of states, observed by scanning tunneling microscope (STM) experiments on NbSe2, is examined in the light of the three effects: the anisotropic pairing, the vortex lattice, and the anisotropic density of states at the Fermi surface. Outstanding features of split parallel rays of this star are well explained in terms of an anisotropic s-wave pairing. This reveals not only a rich internal electronic structure associated with a vortex core, but also unique ability of the STM spectroscopy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4074
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:A1996VQ14700034&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4074
  • ISSN : 0031-9007
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:A1996VQ14700034

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