Josephson Effects in Three-Band Superconductors with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry
arXiv:1403.2132 · doi:10.1063/1.4872261
Abstract
In superconductors with three or more bands, time-reversal symmetry (TRS) may be broken in the presence of repulsive interband couplings, resulting in a pair of degenerate states characterized by opposite chiralities. We consider a Josephson junction between a three-band superconductor with broken TRS and a single-band superconductor. Phenomena such as asymmetric critical currents, subharmonic Shapiro steps and symmetric Fraunhhofer patterns are revealed theoretically. Existing experimental results are discussed in terms of the present work.
7 pages, 4 figures, Appl. Phys. Lett., in press