Voltage-induced thin-film superconductivity in high magnetic fields
arXiv:1803.07076 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.144509
Abstract
We predict that superconductivity in thin films can be stabilized in high magnetic fields if the superconductor is driven out of equilibrium by a DC voltage bias. For realistic material parameters and temperatures, we show that superconductivity is restored in fields many times larger than the Chandrasekhar-Clogston limit. After motivating the effect analytically, we perform rigorous numerical calculations to corroborate the findings, and present concrete experimental signatures. On the technical side, we also introduce a new form for the nonequilibrium kinetic equations, which generalizes and simplifies previous formulations of the problem.
arXiv commentRevised version; 4 pages, 4 figures, supplemental information
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