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V. V. Zavyalov

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arXiv2021

Breaking of Ginzburg-Landau description in the temperature dependence of the anisotropy in the nematic superconductor

Nematic superconductors are characterized by an apparent crystal symmetry breaking that results in the anisotropy of the in-plane upper critical magnetic field $H_{c2}$. The symmetry breaking is usually attributed to the strain of the crystal lattice. The nature and the value of the strain are debatable. We perform systematic measurements of the $H_{c2}$ anisotropy in the high-quality Sr$_x$Bi$_2$Se$_3$ single crystals in the temperature range 1.8~K$<T<T_c\approx 2.7$~K using temperature stabilization with an accuracy of 0.0001 K. We observe that in all tested samples the anisotropy is weakly temperature dependent when $T<0.8\,T_c$ and smoothly decreases at higher temperatures without any sign of singularity when $T\rightarrow T_c$. Such a behavior {is in a drastic contradiction with the prediction of} the Ginzburg-Landau theory for the nematic superconductors. We discuss possible reasons for this discrepancy.

cond-mat.supr-con↗

arXiv2015

The Segmented Beamformer for Electromagnetic Waves of the Terahertz Free Electron Laser

The quasi-optical segmented mirror for a formation of the target irradiation field was manufactured and investigated. It was designed for the high power THz beam of the free electron laser (FEL) using as a target a dust particle cloud, simulating cosmic dust. Numerical calculation of the beam shape and its low power laboratory measurements was made in the spectral region 1 - 3 THz of the first phase of the Novosibirsk FEL construction. The theoretical calculations of the diffraction effects reveal a speckle structure of a target spot, which was confirmed by the laboratory experiment. The beamformer technology was adapted for manufacturing and such device could be widely used for a concentration of powerful terahertz radiation.

physics.ins-det↗

arXiv2012

Strong magnetic field effect on above-barrier transport in Pb-p-HgCdTe Schottky barriers

Due to large difference in effective masses of light and heavy holes it is usually supposed that the above-barrier current in Schottky barriers on p-type semiconductor is controlled only by the heavy holes. However, in real structures, there is an additional potential barrier caused by a oxide layer at interface. For typical values of thickness and height of a barrier its tunnel transparency for light holes can be higher by three order of magnitude than that for heavy holes. Due to such separative role of insulator layer one can expect that the current is manly a contribution of light holes. To clear up this problem the investigation of transport in a magnetic field is used as a key experiment in this work. The pronounced magnetic field effect for heavy holes in investigated Pb-p-HgCdTe Schottky barriers is expected only at extremely strong magnetic fields B>10 T within the framework of both diode and diffusion mechanism of transport. At the same time experimentally more than twofold decrease in saturation current is observed even at B=0.5 T at any orientation of magnetic field. The studies performed for HgCdTe with different Kane's gap and at different temperatures show that the magnitude of magnetic field effect is uniquely determined by the ratio of light hole cyclotron energy to a thermal energy. However the magnitude of effect exceeds considerably the prediction of the simple theory and the experimental magnetic field dependencies of a saturation current do not follow the simple exponential falling predicted for thermionic current. The reason of this discrepancy remains a mystery.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗