Negative refractive index in cubic noncentrosymmetric superconductors

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTZ008MaRDI QIDQ5156068zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Tomoya Hayata

Publication date 14 October 2021

Published in PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05964

zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell equationsMeissner effectsuperconductors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

Abstract: We study the negative refractive index in cubic noncentrosymmetric superconductors. We consider the Maxwell equations under the Meissner effect, and magnetoelectric effect arising due to broken inversion symmetry. We derive dispersion relations of electromagnetic waves, and show that the refractive index becomes negative at frequencies just below the Higgs gap. We find that the chiral mechanism of the negative refractive index, which is usually discussed in chiral materials with negative permittivity can be applied to superconductors with positive permittivity by replacing the plasma gap with the Higgs gap. Estimation from the experimental values of the penetration depth of LiPt${}_3$B indicates that the negative refractive index may appear in UV regions. LiPt${}_3$B may exhibit the negative refractive index at wavelengths shorter than any other material observed so far.

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