Inhomogeneous Magnetic Phases: A Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Like Phase in Sr3Ru2O7

Andrew McConnell Berridge, Andrew Green, Santiago Andres Grigera, B. D. Simons

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Abstract

The phase diagram of Sr3Ru2O7 contains a metamagnetic transition that bifurcates to enclose an anomalous phase with intriguing properties-a large resistivity with anisotropy that breaks the crystal-lattice symmetry. We propose that this is a magnetic analogue of the spatially inhomogeneous superconducting Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state. We show-through a Ginzburg-Landau expansion where the magnetization transverse to the applied field can become spatially inhomogeneous-that a Stoner model with electronic band dispersion can reproduce this phase diagram and transport behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Article number136404
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume102
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Apr 2009

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