Non-analytical Angular Dependence of the Upper Critical Magnetic Field in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductor

TL;DR

This paper derives a new theoretical model predicting a non-analytical angular dependence of the upper critical magnetic field in a quasi-one-dimensional superconductor, differing from traditional models, with potential experimental verification.

Contribution

It introduces a novel gap equation analysis revealing non-analytical angular dependence of the upper critical field in quasi-1D superconductors, contrasting with effective mass models.

Findings

Predicts $H_{c2}(0) - H_{c2}( ext{angle}) \\sim \\alpha^{3/2}$ near certain axes

Shows qualitative difference from effective mass model predictions

Suggests experiments on (DMET)$_2$I$_3$ to observe this behavior

Abstract

We have derived the so-called gap equation, which determines the upper critical magnetic field, perpendicular to conducting chains of a quasi-one-dimensional superconductor. By analyzing this equation at low temperatures, we have found that the calculated angular dependence of the upper critical magnetic field is qualitatively different than that in the so-called effective mass model. In particular, our theory predicts a non-analytical angular dependence of the upper critical magnetic field, $H_{c2}(0) - H_{c2}(\alpha) \sim \alpha^{3/2}$, when magnetic field is close to some special crystallographic axis and makes an angle $\alpha$ with it. We discuss possible experiments on the superconductor (DMET)$_2$I$_3$ to discover this non-analytical dependence.