Instability of square vortex lattice in d-wave superconductors is due to paramagnetic depairing.
The effects of paramagnetic depairing on structural transitions between vortex lattices of a quasi-two-dimensional d-wave superconductor are examined. We find that, when the Maki parameter alphaM is of order unity, a square lattice induced by a d-wave pairing is destabilized with increasing fields, and that a reentrant rhombic lattice occurs in higher fields. Further, a weak Fermi surface anisotropy competitive with the pairing symmetry induces another structural transition near Hc2. These results are consistent with the structure changes of the vortex lattice in CeCoIn5 in H parallel c determined from recent neutron scattering data.
Hiasa
Norihito
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Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Ikeda
Ryusuke
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