Self-consistent theory of current injection into d and d + is superconductors.
Kevin Marc SejaTomas LöfwanderPublished in: Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal (2022)
We present results for the steady-state nonlinear response of adx2-y2superconducting film connected to normal-metal reservoirs under voltage bias, allowing for a subdominant s -wave component appearing near the interfaces. Our investigation is based on a current-conserving theory that self-consistently includes the non-equilibrium distribution functions, charge imbalance, and the voltage-dependencies of order parameters and scalar impurity self-energies. For a pure d -wave superconductor with [110] orientation of the interfaces to the contacts, the conductance contains a zero-bias peak reflecting the large density of zero-energy interface Andreev bound states. Including a subdominant s -wave pairing channel, it is in equilibrium energetically favorable for an s -wave order parameter componentΔsto appear near the interfaces in the time-reversal symmetry breaking combination d + is . The Andreev states then shift to finite energies in the density of states. Under voltage bias, we find that the non-equilibrium distribution in the contact area causes a rapid suppression of the s -wave component to zero as the voltageeV→Δs. The resulting spectral rearrangements and voltage-dependent scattering amplitudes lead to a pronounced non-thermally broadened split of the zero-bias conductance peak that is not seen in a non-selfconsistent Landauer-Büttiker scattering approach.