Generic First Order Orientation Transition of Vortex Lattices in Type II Superconductors

Abstract

First order transition of vortex lattices (VL) observed in various superconductors with four-fold symmetry is explained microscopically by quasi-classical Eilenberger theory combined with nonlocal London theory. This transition is intrinsic in the generic successive VL phase transition due to either gap or Fermi velocity anisotropies. This is also suggested by the electronic states around vortices. Ultimate origin of this phenomenon is attributed to some what hidden frustrations of a spontaneous symmetry broken hexagonal VL on the underlying four-fold crystalline symmetry.

4 pages, 5 figures, some typos are corrected

References in corpus (2)

• Instability of square vortex lattice in d-wave superconductors is due to paramagnetic depairing
• Magnetic field-induced quasiparticle excitation in Nb3Sn: Evidence for anisotropic s-wave pairing

Cited by in corpus (17)

• Sign reversal of field-angle resolved heat capacity oscillations in a heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn${}_5$ and $d_{x^2-y^2}$ pairing symmetry
• The pairing state in KFe2As2 studied by measurements of the magnetic vortex lattice
• Vortex State and Field-Angle Resolved Specific Heat Oscillation for H // ab in d-Wave Superconductors
• Metastable Vortex Lattice Phases in Superconducting MgB2
• Magnetic vortex lattice in HgBa2CuO4+x observed by small-angle neutron scattering
• Magnetic-field-induced nonlocal effects on the vortex interactions in twin-free YBa2Cu3O7
• Rotation of the magnetic vortex lattice in Ru7B3 driven by the effects of broken time-reversal and inversion symmetry
• Rotation of Triangular Vortex Lattice in the Two-Band Superconductor MgB2
• High magnetic field studies of the Vortex Lattice structure in YBa2Cu3O7
• Eilenberger theory and London theory for transverse components of flux line lattice form factors in uniaxial superconductors
• Tunable vortex bound states in multiband CsV3Sb5-derived kagome superconductors
• Vortex lattice and vortex bound states in CsFe${}_2$As${}_2$ investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy
• Origin of spontaneous broken mirror symmetry of vortex lattices in Nb
• Influence of the Fermi Surface Morphology on the Magnetic Field-Driven Vortex Lattice Structure Transitions in YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_{7-\delta }:\delta =$0, 0.15
• Unconventional superconductivity in the nickel-chalcogenide superconductor, TlNi${}_2$Se${}_2$
• Evidence for a square-square vortex lattice transition in a high-$T_{\text{c}}$ cuprate superconductor
• Field Dependence of the Superconducting Basal Plane Anisotropy of TmNi2B2C