Publication Date
2010
Abstract
We show that in multiband superconductors, even an extremely small interband proximity effect can lead to a qualitative change in the interaction potential between superconducting vortices by producing long-range intervortex attraction. This type of vortex interaction results in an unusual response to low magnetic fields leading to phase separation into domains of two-component Meissner states and vortex droplets.
Volume
105
Issue
6
Journal Title
Physics Review Letters
Comments
This is the pre-published version harvested from arXiv. The published version is located at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v105/i6/e067003