Detection of Striped Superconductors Using Magnetic Field Modulated Josephson Effect

Abstract

In a very interesting recent Letter\cite{berg}, the authors suggested that a novel form of superconducting state is realized in La${}_{2-x}$Ba${}_x$CuO${}_4$ with $x$ close to 1/8. This suggestion was based on experiments\cite{li} on this compound which found predominantly two-dimensional (2D) characters of the superconducting state, with extremely weak interplane coupling. Later this specific form of superconducting state was termed striped superconductors\cite{berg08}. The purpose of this note is to point out that the suggested form\cite{berg} of the superconducting order parameter can be detected directly using magnetic field modulated Josephson effect.

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• Vortex Lattice Structure of Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov Superconductors
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• Striped electronic phases in an incommensurately modulated van der Waals superlattice
• Testing for pair-density-wave order in La${}_{1.875}$Ba${}_{0.125}$CuO${}_4$
• Topological Doping and Superconductivity in Cuprates: An Experimental Perspective