About
Education
- Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, January 2022 Link
Dissertation Title : Topological defects and other properties of multicomponent superconductors
Research Advisor : Pr. Maxim N. Chernodub
Committee Members : Prof. A. Aftalion, Prof. M. Chernodub, Prof. J. Kunz, Prof. A. Niemi, Dr. C. Pépin, Prof. P. Sutcliffe, Prof. Ya. Shnir.
Referees : Prof. A. Niemi, Prof. P. Sutcliffe, Prof. Ya. Shnir.
in Tours, France, 2000 – 2010
- Ph.D. in Physics, September 2010 Link
Dissertation Title : Superconducting Vortices in Weinberg–Salam theory
Research Advisor : Pr. Mikhail S. Volkov
Committee Members : Prof. C. Bachas, Dr. M. Chernodub, Dr. P. Grandclément, Prof. A. Niemi, Prof. M. Shaposhnikov, Prof. M. S. Volkov.
Referees : Prof. C. Bachas, Prof. M. Shaposhnikov, Prof. P. Sutcliffe. - Master of Science in Physics, 2006
Dissertation Title : Spinning magnetic monopoles
Research Advisor : Prof. Mikhail S. Volkov - Bachelor of Science in Physics, 2004
Academic position
| 09/2022 – present | Institut Denis Poisson, University of Tours, France |
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| Professor | |
| 06/2021 – 12/2021 | NORDITA-Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Guest Researcher (Advisor: Prof. A. Niemi) | |
| 06/2018 – 08/2022 | Institut Denis Poisson, University of Tours, France |
| Associate Researcher | |
| 02/2016 – 06/2019 | Microsoft Research Station Q, Europe |
| Consulting Researcher (Advisor: Prof. M. Troyer) | |
| 09/2014 – 08/2016 | KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Postdoctoral Scholar (Advisor: Prof. E. Babaev) | |
| 10/2010 – 08/2014 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA |
| Postdoctoral Scholar (Advisor: Prof. E. Babaev) | |
| 09/2006 – 09/2010 | University of Tours, France |
| Graduate Student (Advisor: Prof. M. S. Volkov) |
Publication
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F. Bärtl, N. Stegani, F. Caglieris, I. Shipulin, Y. Li, Q. Hu,
Y. Zheng, C.-M. Yim, S. Luther, J. Wosnitza, R. Sarkar,
H.-H. Klauss, J. Garaud, E. Babaev, H. Kühne, and V. Grinenko
Evidence of pseudogap and absence of spin magnetism in the time-reversal-symmetry-breaking state of Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$
Preprint (2025), arXiv -
Q. Z. Zhou, B. R. Chen, B. K. Xiang, I. Timoshuk, J. Garaud, Y. Li, K. Kihou,
K. Y. Liang, Q. S. He, Z. J. Li, P. H. Zhang, K. Z. Yao, H. X. Yao, E. Babaev,
V. Grinenko, Y. H. Wang,
Observation of single-quantum vortex splitting in the Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ superconductor
Preprint (2024), arXiv
Direct observation of quantum vortex fractionalization in multiband superconductors -
Y. Zheng, Q. Hu, H. Ji, I. Timoshuk, J. Garaud, H. Xu, Y. Li,
Y. Gao, X. Yu, R. Wu, X. Lu, V. Grinenko, E. Babaev, N. F. Q. Yuan,
B. Lv, C.-M. Yim, and H. Ding
Preprint (2024), arXiv -
J. Garaud, A. Korneev, A. Samoilenka, A. Molochkov,
E. Babaev, and M. Chernodub,
Counterpart of the Chandrasekhar-Kendall state in noncentrosymmetric superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B. 108, 014504 (2023). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and A. J. Niemi,
Poincaré index formula and analogy with the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in a non-rotated cold atom Bose-Einstein condensate.
J. High Energ. Phys. 2022, 154 (2022). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Effective Model and Magnetic Properties of the Resistive Electron Quadrupling State.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 087602, 167001 (2022). Link , arXiv -
V. Grinenko, D. Weston, F. Caglieris, C. Wuttke, C. Hess, T. Gottschall,
I. Maccari, D. Gorbunov, S. Zherlitsyn, J. Wosnitza, A. Rydh, K. Kihou,
C.-H. Lee, R. Sarkar, S. Dengre, J. Garaud, A. Charnukha, R. Hühne,
K. Nielsch, B. Büchner, H.-H. Klauss, and E. Babaev,
State with spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry above superconducting phase transition.
Nature Physics,17, 1254 (2021). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, J. Dai and A. J. Niemi,
Vortex precession and exchange in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 157 (2021). Link , arXiv -
F. N. Krohg, E. Babaev, J. Garaud, H. H. Haugen, and A. Sudbø,
Thermal fluctuations and vortex lattice structures in chiral $p$-wave superconductors: robustness of double-quanta vortices.
Phys. Rev. B. 103, 214517 (2021). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, M. N. Chernodub and D. E. Kharzeev,
Vortices with magnetic field inversion in noncentrosymmetric superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B. 102, 184516 (2020). Link , arXiv -
M. N. Chernodub, J. Garaud and D. E. Kharzeev,
Chiral Magnetic Josephson junction: a base for low-noise superconducting qubits?
Universe 8, 12:657 (2022). Link , arXiv -
F. N. Rybakov, J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Stable Hopf-Skyrme topological excitations in the superconducting state.
Phys. Rev. B. 100, 094515 (2019). Link , arXiv -
J. D. S. Bommer, H. Zhang, Önder Gül, B. Nijholt, M. Wimmer,
F. N. Rybakov, J. Garaud, D. Rodic, E. Babaev, M. Troyer, D. Car,
S. R. Plissard, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. P. Kouwenhoven,
Spin-Orbit Protection of Induced Superconductivity in Majorana Nanowires.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 187702 (2019). [Editors' Suggestion] Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, A. Corticelli, M. Silaev and E. Babaev,
Properties of dirty two-bands superconductors with repulsive interband interaction: normal modes, length scales, vortices and magnetic response.
Phys. Rev. B. 98, 014520 (2018). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, A. Corticelli, M. Silaev and E. Babaev,
Field-induced coexistence of $s_{++}$ and $s_\pm$ superconducting states in dirty multiband superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B. 97, 054520 (2018). Link , arXiv -
A. A. Zyuzin, J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Nematic skyrmions in odd-parity superconductors.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 167001 (2017). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, M. Silaev and E. Babaev,
Change of the vortex core structure in two-band superconductors at impurity-scattering-driven $s_\pm/s_{++}$ crossover.
Phys. Rev. B 96, 140503(R) (2017). Link , arXiv -
M. Silaev, J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Phase diagram of dirty two-band superconductors and observability of impurity-induced $s+is$ state.
Phys. Rev. B 95, 024517 (2017). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, M. Silaev and E. Babaev,
Microscopically derived multi-component Ginzburg-Landau theories for $s+is$ superconducting state.
Physica C 533, 63-73 (2017). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, E. Babaev, Troels Arnfred Bojesen and Asle Sudbø
Lattices of double-quanta vortices and chirality inversion in $p_x+ip_y$ superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 94, 104509 (2016). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, M. Silaev and E. Babaev,
Thermoelectric Signatures of Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking States in Multiband Superconductors.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 097002 (2016). Link , arXiv , Webpage -
J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Properties of skyrmions and multi-quanta vortices in chiral $p$-wave superconductors.
Scientific Reports 5, 17540 (2015). Link , arXiv -
M. Silaev, J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Unconventional thermoelectric effect in superconductors that break time-reversal symmetry.
Phys. Rev. B 92, 174510 (2015). Link , arXiv -
D. F. Agterberg and J. Garaud,
Checkerboard order in vortex cores from pair-density-wave superconductivity.
Phys. Rev. B 91, 104512 (2015). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Vortex chains due to nonpairwise interactions and field-induced phase transitions between states with different broken symmetry in superconductors with competing order parameters.
Phys. Rev. B 91, 014510 (2015). [Selected for Phys. Rev. B Kaleidoscope ] Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Vortex matter in $U(1)\times U(1)\times\mathbb{Z}_2$ phase-separated superconducting condensates.
Phys. Rev. B 90, 214524 (2014). Link , arXiv -
D. F. Agterberg, E. Babaev and J. Garaud,
Microscopic prediction of skyrmion lattice state in clean interface superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 90, 064509 (2014). [Selected for Phys. Rev. B Kaleidoscope ] Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Topological defects in mixtures of superconducting condensates with different charges.
Phys. Rev. B 89, 214507 (2014). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Domain walls and their experimental signatures in $ s+is $ superconductors.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 017003, (2014). Link , Suppl. , arXiv , Webpage -
J. Garaud , K. Sellin, J. Jäykkä and E. Babaev,
Skyrmions induced by dissipationless drag in $~\mathrm{U}(1)\times\mathrm{U}(1)$ superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 89, 104508 (2014). Link , arXiv , Webpage -
J. Garaud, E. Radu and M. S. Volkov,
Stable Cosmic Vortons.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 171602 (2013). Link , Suppl. , arXiv , Webpage -
J. Garaud, J. Carlström, E. Babaev and M. Speight,
Chiral $\ {\mathbb{C}}{{P}}^2\ $ skyrmions in three-band superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 87, 014507 (2013). [Editor's Suggestion] Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, D. F. Agterberg and E. Babaev,
Vortex coalescence and type-1.5 superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ .
Phys. Rev. B 86, 060513(R) (2012). [Rapid Comm.] Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Skyrmionic state and stable half-quantum vortices in chiral $p$-wave superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 86, 060514(R) (2012). [Rapid Comm.] Link , Suppl. , arXiv -
E. Babaev, J. Carlström, J. Garaud, M. Silaev and J. M. Speight
Type-1.5 superconductivity in multiband systems: Magnetic response, broken symmetries and microscopic theory -- A brief overview.
Physica C 479, 2-14 (2012). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud, J. Carlström and E. Babaev,
Topological Solitons in Three-Band Superconductors with Broken Time Reversal Symmetry.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197001 (2011). Link , Suppl. , arXiv , Webpage -
J. Carlström, J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Length scales, collective modes, and type-1.5 regimes in three-band superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 84, 134518 (2011). Link , arXiv ; Phys. Rev. B 87, 219904(E) (2013). Link -
J. Carlström, J. Garaud and E. Babaev,
Semi-Meissner state and nonpairwise intervortex interactions in type-1.5 superconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 84, 134515 (2011). Link , Suppl. , arXiv , Webpage -
J. Garaud and M. S. Volkov,
Stability analysis of Superconducting Electroweak Strings.
Nucl. Phys. B 839, 310–340 (2010). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and M. S. Volkov,
Superconducting non-Abelian vortices in Weinberg–Salam theory--electroweak thunderbolts.
Nucl. Phys. B 826, 174–216, (2010). Link , arXiv -
J. Garaud and M. S. Volkov,
Stability analysis of the twisted superconducting semilocal strings.
Nucl. Phys. B 799, 430–455, (2008). Link , arXiv
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Scientific software
Invited talk
| 07/2025 | GREMAN, Tours |
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| Observation of vortex quantum fractionalization in Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$, and skyrmions in KFe$_2$As$_2$. | |
| 03/2024 | IDP, Tours |
| Toroflux, vortices and other properties of non-centrosymmetric superconductors. Link ; Slides | |
| 03/2022 | IDP, Tours |
| Quartic bosonic metallic state and its topological properties. Link ; Slides | |
| 03/2022 | Solitons@Work |
| Quartic bosonic metallic state and its topological properties. Video | |
| 01/2022 | IDP, Tours |
| Topological defects and properties of multicomponent superconductors.
(HDR defense): Link ; Slides |
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| 03/2019 | IDP, Tours |
| Hopf-Skyrme Topological Excitations as superconducting Kelvin knots. | |
| 07/2016 | Nordita, Stockholm |
| Thermoelectric signatures of TRSB states. | |
| 10/2015 | GREMAN and LMPT, Tours |
| Thermoelectric signatures of superconducting states that break time-reversal symmetry. Link | |
| 03/2014 | Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay |
| Probing unconventional superconducting states with topological defects | |
| 02/2014 | Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique, Tours |
| Topological excitations in multi-component superconductors: Domain-walls and Skyrmions | |
| 04/2013 | GREMAN, Tours |
| Topological defects in multi-component superconductors | |
| 04/2013 | Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matière Condensée, Paris |
| Topological defects in multi-component superconductors | |
| 03/2013 | Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay |
| Topological solitons in superconductors with Broken Time Reversal Symmetry | |
| 12/2012 | Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux |
| Skyrmions in multi-component superconductors | |
| 10/2012 | KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm |
| Topological solitons in multi-component superconductors | |
| 04/2012 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Topological solitons in superconductors with broken time reversal symmetry | |
| 11/2011 | Laboratoire de Mathémathiques et Physique Théorique, Tours |
| Ground-states in multi-component superconductors | |
| 04/2011 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Non-pairwise interactions in type-1.5 superconductors | |
| 10/2010 | KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm |
| Introduction to superconducting electroweak vortices | |
| 08/2010 | Oldenburg University |
| Superconducting electroweak vortices |
Contributed talk
| 05/2025 | Beyond Standard Superconducting and Superfluid States, Nordita, Stockholm |
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| Skyrmions in the resistive electron quadrupling state. Link ; Video | |
| 06/2023 | Journées de l'Institut Denis Poisson, Tours |
| Time-crystals, Anyons and the Poincaré index formula in cold atom Bose-Einstein condensates | |
| 07/2016 | Multi-Component and Strongly-Correlated Superconductors, Nordita, Stockholm |
| Thermoelectric signatures of time-reversal symmetry breaking superconducting states. Link | |
| 11/2015 | Groupement De Recherche - Matériaux et Interactionss en COmpétition, UPMC, Paris |
| Thermoelectric signatures of time-reversal symmetry-breaking states in iron pnictides. | |
| 09/2015 | Vortex matter in nanostructured superconductors (VORTEX IX), Rhodes |
| Thermoelectric signatures of superconducting states that break time-reversal symmetry. | |
| 06/2014 | New Horizon of Strongly Correlated Physics (NHSCP2014), ISSP, Tokyo |
| Topological defects and their experimental signature in $s+is$ superconductors. Link | |
| 09/2013 | Vortex matter in nanostructured superconductors (VORTEX VIII), Rhodes |
| Topological excitations in $ s+is $ superconductors and their experimental signatures. | |
| 08/2013 | Workshop Superconductivity: the Second Century, Nordita, Stockholm |
| Topological excitations in $ s+is $ superconductors. Link | |
| 03/2013 | March meeting of the APS, Baltimore, MD |
| Chiral $\ {\mathbb{C}}{{P}}^2\ $skyrmions in three-band superconductors and layered superconducting structures. Abstract | |
| 12/2012 | Quantized flux in tightly knotted and linked systems, Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK |
| $\ {\mathbb{C}}{{P}}^2\ $ baby-skyrmions in three-component superconductors. Abstract ; Poster ; Slides ; Talk | |
| 03/2012 | March meeting of the APS, Boston, MA |
| Topological solitons in three-band superconductors with broken time reversal symmetry. Abstract | |
| 09/2011 | Vortex matter in nanostructured superconductors (VORTEX VII), Rhodes |
| Magnetic response of multi-component type-II and type-1.5 superconductors. Poster | |
| 03/2011 | March meeting of the APS, Dallas, TX |
| Ground states of multi-band type-I and type-1.5 superconductors and interlaced type-I/type-II layered superconducting structures in external magnetic field. Abstract | |
| 11/2008 | Workshop Knots and Vortons III, LMPT, Tours |
| Superconducting vortices in electroweak theory. Link | |
| 05/2007 | Workshop Knots and Vortons II, LMPT, Tours |
| Stability of superconducting semilocal vortices. Link | |
| 11/2006 | Journée des doctorants de la Fédération Denis Poisson, MAPMO, Orléans. |
| Spinning magnetic monopoles and vortices. |