Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Superconductors

The book includes a thorough description of a wide range of physical properties of organic superconductors of reduced dimensionality. The authors start with an overview of the field followed by a background discussion and selected experimental topics. A critical discussion of theoretical proposals is presented under the constraints of experimental observations and exciting possibilities for the symmetry of the order parameter are presented, including the cases of inhomogeneous superconducting states and triplet superconductivity. The possible origins of Cooper pairing are explored and tests to detect experimentally the pairing symmetry are described in detail. The book ends with a discussion of important open questions, where the search for their answers will keep the field alive for the next decade.
Sample Chapter(s)
1. Overview

Contents:OverviewBackgroundRecent Experiments on (TMTSF)2PF6Recent Experiments on (TMTSF)2ClO4Pairing SymmetryInhomogeneous Pairing StatesOrigins of Cooper PairingTunneling Experiments and Josephson EffectOpen Questions
Readership: Graduate students, post-docs and colleagues working in the field of superconductivity, who are interested in the effects of quasi-one-dimensionality and high magnetic fields.
Organic Superconductor;Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductor;Bechgaard Salts00