Vortices in a Ginzburg Landau Theory of Superconductors with Nematic Order

Abstract

In this work we explore the interplay between superconductivity and nematicity in the framework of a Ginzburg Landau theory with a nematic order parameter coupled to the superconductor order parameter, often used in the description of superconductivity of Fe based materials. In particular, we focus on the study of the vortex-vortex interaction in order to determine the way nematicity affects its attractive or repulsive character. To do so, we use a dynamical method based on the solutions of the Time Dependent Ginzburg Landau equations in a bulk superconductor. An important contribution of our work is the implementation of a pseudo-spectral method to solve the dynamics, known to be highly efficient and of very high order in comparison to the usual finite differences/elements methods. The coupling between the superconductor and the (real) nematic order parameters is represented by two terms in the free energy: a biquadratic term and a coupling of the nematic order parameter to the covariant derivatives of the superconductor order parameter. Our results show that there is a competing effect: while the former independently of its competitive or cooperative character generates an attractive vortex-vortex interaction, the latter always generates a repulsive interaction.

arXiv comment37 pages; 12 figures; corrected typos; added references

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