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Complex-Stripe Phases Induced by Staggered Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling

arXiv:1305.4748 · doi:10.7566/JPSJ.82.074714

Abstract

We study superconducting phases in a quasi-two-dimensional multilayer system without local inversion symmetry. Broken local inversion symmetry induces layer-dependent Rashba-type spin-orbit couplings. We find that a complex-stripe phase, which is the intermediate phase between the Fulde-Ferrell (FF) phase and Larkin-Ovchinnikov (LO) phase, is realized in the magnetic field applied parallel to the layers. A crossover from the FF phase to the LO phase appears by tuning temperature and magnetic field. We show the local density of states that characterizes the complex-stripe phase. As a possible realization of the complex-stripe phase, we discuss the artificial superlattices of CeCoIn_5.

6 pages, 5 figures, final version for publication in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn

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