Stability of vortex state of Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov type in magnetic fields perpendicular to superconducting layers
arXiv:cond-mat/0610863 · doi:10.1016/j.physc.2007.03.208
Abstract
Motivated by recent NMR data suggesting the presence of a Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) vortex lattice in magnetic fields perpendicular to the superconducting plane in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5, we examine here the stability of FFLO states in quasi two-dimensional (2D) superconductors under a perpendicular field. It is found that a 3D-like portion of Fermi surfaces peculiar to CeCoIn5 stabilizes a FFLO vortex state modulating along the field parallel to the c-axis and that the direction of modulation in a FFLO vortex lattice is related to the characters of the normal to FFLO and the Abrikosov to FFLO transitions.
2 pages, 2 figures, for Proceedings of M2S-HTSCVIII (Dresden, July, 2006)