Phys. Rev. B 63, 180505 (2001) [4 pages]

Phase fluctuations and vortex lattice melting in triplet quasi-one-dimensional superconductors at high magnetic fields

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C. D. Vaccarella and C. A. R. Sá de Melo
School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332

Rapid Communication Received 28 November 2000; published 4 April 2001

Assuming that the order parameter corresponds to an equal spin triplet pairing symmetry state, we calculate the effect of phase fluctuations in quasi-one-dimensional superconductors at high magnetic fields applied along the y (b) axis. We show that phase fluctuations can destroy the theoretically predicted triplet reentrant superconducting state, and that they are responsible for melting the magnetic-field induced Josephson vortex lattice, above a magnetic-field dependent melting temperature Tm.


©2001 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.180505
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.180505
PACS: 74.70.Kn, 74.40.+k, 74.60.Ec

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