Topological solitons in superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry
Topological solitons in superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry
Dr. Julien Garaud, Dept. of Physics, UMass Amherst
Date and time:
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 - 11:15am
Location:
LGRT 1033
Category:
Condensed Matter Seminar
Speaker link:
http://www.physics.umass.edu/people/julien-garaud
Abstract:
Recently discovered iron-based superconductors can exhibit a spontaneous breaking of time reversal symmetry. This raises the question of
experimental manifestations of this additional broken symmetry. I will
demonstrate that it results in the formation of experimentally
detectable nontrivial topological solitons. This new kind of
soliton can provide an experimental signature of the breaking of time
reversal symmetry.
Department of Physics