Long-lived non-equilibrium superconductivity in a non-centrosymmetric Rashba semiconductor

Autor: Narayan, V., Verpoort, P. C., Dann, J. R. A., Backes, D., Ford, C. J. B., Lanius, M., Jalil, A. R., Schüffelgen, P., Mussler, G., Conduit, G. J., Grützmacher, D.
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. B 100, 024504 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.024504
Popis: We report non-equilibrium magnetodynamics in the Rashba-superconductor GeTe, which lacks inversion symmetry in the bulk. We find that at low temperature the system exhibits a non-equilibrium state, which decays on time scales that exceed conventional electronic scattering times by many orders of magnitude. This reveals a non-equilibrium magnetoresponse that is asymmetric under magnetic field reversal and, strikingly, induces a non-equilibrium superconducting state distinct from the equilibrium one. We develop a model of a Rashba system where non-equilibrium configurations relax on a finite timescale which captures the qualitative features of the data. We also obtain evidence for the slow dynamics in another non-superconducting Rashba system. Our work provides novel insights into the dynamics of non-centrosymmetric superconductors and Rashba systems in general.
Databáze: arXiv