Oscillatory magnetic field-dependent critical temperatures of ultraclean Type-II superconductors

Abstract

The influence of the Zeeman energy and the Landau levels (LLs) arising from an applied magnetic field $\mathbf{B}$ upon the critical temperature $T_c$ is studied using a fully quantum mechanical method within the framework of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity that forms from an ultraclean metal. As in semiclassical treatments, we found that two electrons can form Cooper pairs with opposite spins and momenta in the $\mathbf{B}$ direction while either in the same or in neighboring LLs. However, the fully quantum mechanical treatment of the LLs causes $T_c(\mathbf{B})$ for electrons paired on the same LL to oscillate about the critical temperature of the BCS theory, similar to that of the de Haas-van Alphen effect. The Zeeman energy causes $T_c(\mathbf{B})$ to decrease in an oscillatory fashion with increasing $\mathbf{B}$ for electrons paired either on the same or on neighboring LLs. For the Zeeman $g>1$, pairing on neighboring LLs results in the highest $T_c(\mathbf{B})$. For $g<1$, pairing on the same LLs gives the highest $T_c(\mathbf{B})$. In addition, $T_c(\mathbf{B})$ for electrons paired on neighboring LLs exhibits an apparent symmetry around $g=2$, as the oscillatory critical temperature behaviors are nearly identical for $g=2\pm \delta$.

arXiv comment8 pages, 6 figures

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