[K. Samokhin]

Kirill Samokhin


Professor, PhD (L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow),
MSc (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)
Office: MC B208
Phone: (905) 688-5550 Ext. 3875
E-mail: Kirill.Samokhin@brocku.ca

Research Interests

Unconventional superconductivity: noncentrosymmetric and magnetic superconductors, high-temperature superconductors. Superconducting fluctuations. FFLO superconducting states. Topological defects in unconventional superconductors.


Teaching Assignments (2022-23)

  • PHYS 3P70 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (fall term)
  • PHYS 5P41 - Advanced Statistical Physics (winter term)
  • PHYS 3P36 - Electromagnetism II (winter term)

Recent Publications

  • K. V. Samokhin, On the effective models of spin-orbit coupling in a two-dimensional electron gas, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 437, 168710 (2022).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Spin susceptibility of superconductors with strong spin-orbit coupling, Phys. Rev. B 103, 174505 (2021).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Exotic interband pairing in multiband superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 101, 214524 (2020) [Editors' Suggestion].
  • K. V. Samokhin, Majorana modes in multiband superconducting quantum wires, Phys. Rev. B 101, 094502 (2020).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Symmetry of superconducting pairing in non-pseudospin electron bands, Phys. Rev. B 100, 054501 (2019) [Editors' Suggestion].
  • K. V. Samokhin, On the pseudospin description of the electron Bloch bands, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 407, 179 (2019).
  • K. V. Samokhin and B. P. Truong, Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov superconductors near a surface, Phys. Rev. B 99, 014503 (2019).
  • K. V. Samokhin and B. P. Truong, Current-carrying states in Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 96, 214501 (2017).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Superconductivity in quantum wires: A symmetry analysis, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 385, 563 (2017).
  • K. V. Samokhin and B. P. Truong, Stability of the boundary zero modes in one-dimensional topological superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 95, 134514 (2017).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Noncentrosymmetric superconductors in one dimension, Phys. Rev. B 95, 064504 (2017).
  • K. V. Samokhin and S. P. Mukherjee, Fermionic boundary modes in two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 94, 104523 (2016).
  • S. P. Mukherjee and K. V. Samokhin, Quasiparticles near domain walls in hexagonal superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 93, 054525 (2016).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Symmetry and topology of two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 92, 174517 (2015).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Symmetry and topology of noncentrosymmetric superconductors, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 359, 385 (2015).
  • S. P. Mukherjee and K. V. Samokhin, Domain walls in superconductors: Andreev bound states and tunneling features, Phys. Rev. B 91, 104521 (2015).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Helical states and solitons in noncentrosymmetric superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 89, 094503 (2014).
  • M. A. Przedborski and K. V. Samokhin, Interaction between domain walls in chiral p-wave superfluids, J. Low Temp. Phys. 173, 54 (2013).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Gradient energy of superconductors without inversion symmetry, Physica C 489, 19 (2013).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Effects of Impurities in Noncentrosymmetric Superconductors, book chapter in Non-centrosymmetric Superconductors: Introduction and Overview, ed. by E. Bauer and M. Sigrist, Lecture Notes in Physics 847, 269 (Springer, Heidelberg, 2012).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Phase solitons and subgap excitations in two-band superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 86, 064513 (2012).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Domain walls in chiral p-wave superconductors: Quasiparticle spectrum and dynamics, Phys. Rev. B 85, 014515 (2012).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Viscous friction and inertia of domain walls in chiral p-wave superfluids, Europhys. Lett. 96, 27012 (2011).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Unconventional Superconductivity in a Nutshell, Physics in Canada 67, 69 (2011).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Spectrum of Goldstone modes in Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell superfluids, Phys. Rev. B 83, 094514 (2011).
  • S. Wu and K. V. Samokhin, Tunneling into d-wave superconductors: Effects of interface spin-orbit coupling, Phys. Rev. B 82, 184501 (2010).
  • K. V. Samokhin, Goldstone modes in Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 81, 224507 (2010).