Unconventional Surface Impedance of a Normal-Metal Film Covering a Spin-Triplet Superconductor Due to Odd-Frequency Cooper Pairs

作者:Asano Yasuhiro*; Golubov Alexander A; Fominov Yakov V; Tanaka Yukio
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107(8): 087001.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.087001

摘要

We discuss the dynamic response of odd-frequency Cooper pairs to an electromagnetic field. By using the quasiclassical Green function method, we calculate the impedance (Z = R - iX) of a normal-metal thin film which covers a superconductor. In contrast with the standard relation ( i.e., R << X), the impedance in spin-triplet proximity structures shows anomalous behavior ( i.e., R > X) in the low frequency limit. This unusual relation is a result of the penetration of odd-frequency pairs into the normal metal and reflects the negative Cooper pair density.

  • 出版日期2011-8-16