Proposal to stabilize and detect half-quantum vortices in strontium ruthenate thin films: Non-Abelian braiding statistics of vortices in a px +i py superconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Sarma, Sankar Das ^a   Nayak, Chetan ^b,c   Tewari, Sumanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745079619     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.220502     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. S. Das Sarma, M. Freedman, and C. Nayak, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.166802 94, 166802 (2005).
2. A. Stern and B. I. Halperin, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.016802 96, 016802 (2006).
3. P. Bonderson, A. Kitaev, and K. Shtengel, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.016803 96, 016803 (2006).
4. C. Day, Phys. Today PHTOAD 0031-9228 58, 21 (2005).
5. N. E. Bonesteel, L. Hormozi, G. Zikos, and S. H. Simon, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.140503 95, 140503 (2005).
6. D. Vollhardt and P. Wölfle, The Superfluid Phases of Helium 3 (Taylor & Francis, New York, 1990.)
7. A. P. Mackenzie, R. K. W. Haselwimmer, A. W. Tyler, G. G. Lonzarich, Y. Mori, S. Nishizak, and Y. Maeno, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.161 80, 161 (1998).
8. K. Ishida, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/25315 396, 658 (1998);
9. Ishida, H. Makuda, Y. Kitaoka, Z. Q. Mao, H. Fukazawa, and Y. Maeno, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.060507 63, 060507 (R) (2001).
10. J. A. Duffy, S. M. Hayden, Y. Maeno, Z. Mao, J. Kuida, and G. J. McIntyre, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5412 85, 5412 (2000).
11. G. Luke, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/29038 394, 558 (1998).
12. T. M. Riseman, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/24335 396, 242 (1998);
13. T. M. Riseman, Nature (London) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/35007118 404, 629 (2000);
14. P. G. Kealey, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84. 6094 84, 6094 (2000).
15. Y. Maeno, Phys. Today PHTOAD 0031-9228 10.1063/1.1445547 54, 42 (2001).
16. A. P. Mackenzie and Y. Maeno, Rev. Mod. Phys. RMPHAT 0034-6861 10.1103/RevModPhys.75.657 75, 657 (2003).
17. K. D. Nelson, Science SCIEAS 0036-8075 10.1126/science.1103881 306, 1151 (2004).
18. T. M. Rice, Science SCIEAS 0036-8075 10.1126/science.1106019 306, 1142 (2004).
19. Igor Zutic and Igor Mazin, cond-mat/0506745 (unpublished).
20. H. Adachi, M. Ichioka, and K. Machida, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. JUPSAU 0031-9015 74, 2181 (2005).
21. M. M. Salomaa and G. E. Volovik, Rev. Mod. Phys. RMPHAT 0034-6861 10.1103/RevModPhys.59.533 59, 533 (1987).
22. H.-Y. Kee and K. Maki, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.62. R9275 62, R9275 (2000).
23. G. E. Volovik and V. P. Mineev, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. Pis'ma Red. ZFPRAU 0376-0138 24, 605 (1976)
24. G. E. Volovik and V. P. Mineev, [JETP Lett. JTPLA2 0021-3640 24, 561 (1976)];
25. M. C. Cross and W. F. Brinkman, J. Low Temp. Phys. JLTPAC 0022-2291 27, 683 (1977).
26. M. M. Salomaa and G. E. Volovik, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.1184 55, 1184 (1985).
27. H. Murakawa, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93. 167004 93, 167004 (2004).
28. N. Read and D. Green, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.61. 10267 61, 10267 (2000).
29. D. A. Ivanov, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86. 268 86, 268 (2001).
30. A. Stern, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.205338 70, 205338 (2004).
31. A. J. Leggett and S. Yip, in Helium 3, edited by, W. P. Halperin, and, L. P. Pitaevskii, (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
32. N. B. Kopnin and M. M. Salomaa, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.44.9667 44, 9667 (1991).
33. G. Moore and N. Read, Nucl. Phys. B NUPBBO 0550-3213 10.1016/0550- 3213(91)90407-O 360, 362 (1991);
34. M. Greiter, X.-G. Wen, and F. Wilczek, Nucl. Phys. B NUPBBO 0550-3213 10.1016/0550-3213(92)90401-V 374, 567 (1992);
35. C. Nayak and F. Wilczek, Nucl. Phys. B NUPBBO 0550-3213 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00430-0 479, 529 (1996);
36. N. Read and E. Rezayi, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.54. 16864 54, 16864 (1996);
37. V. Gurarie and C. Nayak, Nucl. Phys. B NUPBBO 0550-3213 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00612-3 506, 685 (1997);
38. Y. Tserkovnyak and S. H. Simon, Phys. Rev. Lett. PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.016802 90, 016802 (2003).
39. E. Fradkin, C. Nayak, A. M. Tsvelik, and F. Wilczek, Nucl. Phys. B NUPBBO 0550-3213 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00111-4 516, 704 (1998).
40. M. Stone and S.-B. Chung, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.014505 73, 014505 (2006).