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Andreev edge state on semi-infinite triangular lattice: Detecting the pairing symmetry in Na0.35CoO2 · yH2O
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Andreev edge state on semi-infinite triangular lattice: Detecting the pairing symmetry in Na0.35CoO2 · yH2O

T. Pereg-Barnea and H.-H. Lin
Europhysics Letters, Vol.69(5), pp.791-797
03/2005

Abstract

We study the Andreev edge state on the semi-infinite triangular lattice with different pairing symmetries and boundary topologies. We find a rich phase diagram of zero-energy Andreev edge states that is a unique fingerprint of each of the possible pairing symmetries. We propose to pin down the pairing symmetry in recently discovered Na x CoO 2 material by the Fourier-transformed scanning tunneling spectroscopy for the edge state. A surprisingly rich phase diagram is found and explained by a general gauge argument and mapping to ID tight-binding model. Extensions of this work are discussed at the end. © EDP Sciences.

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