Time-reversal symmetry breaking and gapped surface states due to spontaneous emergence of new order in d-wave nanoislands
We solve the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently for the d-wave order parameter in nanoscale d-wave systems with [110] surfaces and show that spontaneous time-reversal symmetry (TRS) breaking occurs at low temperatures due to a spontaneously induced complex order parameter of extended s...
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Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110918 |