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Quasiclassical theory of disordered Rashba superconductors

Manuel Houzet
Julia S. Meyer

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We derive the quasiclassical equations that describe two-dimensional superconductors with a large Rashba spin-orbit coupling and in the presence of impurities. These equations account for the helical phase induced by an in-plane magnetic field, with a superconducting order parameter that is spatially modulated along a direction perpendicular to the field. We also derive the generalized Ginzburg-Landau functional, which includes a linear-in-gradient term corresponding to the helical phase. This theory paves the way for studies of the proximity effect in two-dimensional electron gases with large spin-orbit coupling.

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hal-01611023 , version 1 (05-10-2017)

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Manuel Houzet, Julia S. Meyer. Quasiclassical theory of disordered Rashba superconductors. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2015, 92 (1), pp.014509. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.92.014509⟩. ⟨hal-01611023⟩
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