Parity violation in a single domain of spin-triplet superconductors

Autor: Kazuhiko Yamaya, Hiroshi Amitsuka, Yasuhiro Asano, Koichi Ichimura, Hiroyoshi Nobukane, Kenichi Tenya, Satoshi Tanda, Ikuto Kawasaki, Katsuhiko Inagaki, Kohkichi Konno, S. Takayanagi
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Solid State Communications. 149:1212-1215
ISSN: 0038-1098
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2009.04.022
Popis: We observed an unconventional parity-violating vortex in single domain Sr 2 RuO 4 single crystals using a transport measurement. The current–voltage characteristics of submicron Sr 2 RuO 4 show that the induced voltage has anomalous components which are even functions of the bias current. The results may suggest that the vortex itself has a helical internal structure characterized by a Hopf invariant (a topological invariant). We also discuss that the hydrodynamics of such a helical vortex causes the parity violation to retain the topological invariant.
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