Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconducting surfaces under the influence of electric fields

P. Lipavský, K. Morawetz, J. Koláček, and T. J. Yang
Phys. Rev. B 73, 052505 – Published 23 February 2006

Abstract

A boundary condition for the Ginzburg-Landau wave function at surfaces biased by a strong electric field is derived within the de Gennes approach. This condition provides a simple theory of the field effect on the critical temperature of superconducting layers.

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  • Received 13 October 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.052505

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. Lipavský1,2, K. Morawetz3, J. Koláček2, and T. J. Yang4

  • 1Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
  • 2Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 16253 Prague 6, Czech Republic
  • 3Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany and Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Noethnitzer Str. 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
  • 4Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

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Vol. 73, Iss. 5 — 1 February 2006

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