Test Experiment for Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking Superconductivity

Abstract

A new experiment is proposed to probe the time-reversal symmetry of a superconductor. It is shown that a time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductor can be identified by the observation of a fractional flux in connection with a Josephson junction in a special geometry.

4 pages, 2 figures available upon request, Revtex, MIT-CMT-OCT

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• On the Josephson Coupling between a disk of one superconductor and a surrounding superconducting film of a different symmetry

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