We demonstrate that the formation of a chiral d-density wave (CDDW) state generates a Topological Meissner effect (TME) in the absence of any kind of superconductivity. The TME is identical to the usual superconducting Meissner effect but it appears only for magnetic fields perpendicular to the plane while it is absent for in plane fields. The observed enhanced diamagnetic signals in the non-superconducting pseudogap regime of the cuprates may find an alternative interpretation in terms of a TME, originating from a chiral d-density wave pseudogap.
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements are performed on the ferromagnetic superconductor EuFe$_{2}$(As$_{0.8}$P$_{0.2}$)$_{2}$ ($T\rm_{sc}=22.5\,$K) to probe the delicate interplay between ferromagnetism and superconductivity. A clear signature of large ferromagnetic domains is found below the ferromagnetic ordering temperature $T\rm_{C}$ = 18.5 K. In a small temperature interval of $\sim$ 1.5 K below $T\rm_{C}$, additional SANS signal is observed, of which the indirect Fourier transform reveals characteristic length scales in between $\sim$ 80 nm to $\sim$ 160 nm. These nanometer-…
Chiral finite-momentum superconductivity in the tetralayer graphene
New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University（西湖大学理学院物理系新基石科学实验室）；Institute for Theoretical Sciences, Westlake University（西湖大学理论科学研究院）；Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University（西湖大学理学院浙江省量子材料重点实验室）；Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study（上海高等研究院自然科学研究院）
Chiral skyrmionic superconductivity from doping a Chern Ferromagnet
Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University（普林斯顿大学理论物理中心）；Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University（佛罗里达州立大学物理系及国家高磁场实验室）；Theoretical Division, T-4 and CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory（洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室理论部T-4和CNLS）；Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Los Alamos National Laboratory（洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室集成纳米技术中心）
Steady-states and response functions of the periodically driven O(N) scalar field theory
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics（哈佛-史密森天体物理中心）；Department of Physics, Harvard University（哈佛大学物理系）；Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute（平顿研究所计算量子物理中心）；Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research（马克斯·普朗克固体研究所）
We show that chiral (nearly) flat band superconductivity can develop and host novel Majorana fermions at a time-reversal pair of symmetry-protected three-band crossing points. Based on symmetry analysis, mean-field study, and superfluid stiffness calculation, we determine and analyze the irreducible pairing channels with flat band pairings in the low-energy spin-$1$ fermion theory. Flat band pairing can enhance superconductivity dramatically, where the critical temperature scales linearly in the interaction strength. While fully gapped flat band pairing states develop in the single-component p…
We utilize the Hubbard model to demonstrate that doping of the antiferromagnetic parent compounds of cuprate superconductors stabilizes a spin liquid state. Superconductivity in such a state emerges due to the spin-orbit coupling between charge current and superfluidity of spinon condensate, resulting in a chiral relation between the order parameter phase gradient and supercurrent. We propose simple experimental tests for the presented mechanism.
We show that Floquet chiral topological superconductivity arises naturally in Josephson junctions made of magnetic topological insulator-superconductor sandwich structures. The Josephson phase modulation associated with an applied bias voltage across the junction drives the system into the anomalous Floquet chiral topological superconductor hosting chiral Majorana edge modes in the quasienergy spectrum, with the bulk Floquet bands carrying zero Chern numbers. The bias voltage acts as a tuning parameter enabling novel dynamical topological quantum phase transitions driving the system into a myr…
