FFLO phase

noun

A type of superconducting phase, characterized by the presence of Cooper pairs with nonzero center-of-mass momentum and a spatially non-uniform superconducting order parameter.

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Meanings

nounFFLO phase (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of superconducting phase, characterized by the presence of Cooper pairs with nonzero center-of-mass momentum and a spatially non-uniform superconducting order parameter.

Origin

From the initials of the names of the physicist theoreticians who predicted this superconducting phase: Peter Fulde, Richard Ferrell, Anatoly Larkin, and Yuri Ovchinniko.

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FFLO phase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FFLO%20phase

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“FFLO phase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FFLO%20phase. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “FFLO phase,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FFLO%20phase.

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