Abstract:
We suggest explanation of the high upper critical magnetic field, perpendicular to conducting chains and parallel to conducting layers, Hb′c2≃6 T, experimentally observed in the organic superconductor (TMTSF)2ClO4. In particular, we show that Hb′c2 can be higher than both the quasiclassical upper critical field and Clogston–Chandrasekhar paramagnetic limit in a singlet quasi-one-dimensional superconductor. We predict the coexistence of the hidden Reentrant and Larkin–Ovchinnikov–Fulde–Ferrell phases in a magnetic field. Our results are compared to the recent experimental data and shown to be in a good agreement with the experiments.
Citation:
A. G. Lebed, “Hidden reentrant superconducting phase in a magnetic field in (TMTSF)2ClO4”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 94:5 (2011), 414–417; JETP Letters, 94:5 (2011), 382–385