POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL PHASES OF ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTORS UNDER UNIAXIAL-STRESS

被引:18
作者
SIGRIST, M
JOYNT, R
RICE, TM
机构
[1] ETH, Zurich, Switz, ETH, Zurich, Switz
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1987年 / 3卷 / 05期
关键词
Stresses;
D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/3/5/018
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We investigate theoretically the behavior of anisotropic superconductors under uniaxial stress, using the Landau expression for the free energy. It is found that, in many cases, the normal superconducting phase transition splits into two, or even three, second-order transitions. The experimental observation of such a splitting would give much information about the form of the superconducting order parameter of the system.
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页码:629 / 634
页数:6
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