We show that, under rather general assumptions, the phase diagram of a quasi-one-dimensional repulsive Fermi system consists of two ordered phases: the density wave, spin or charge, and the superconductivity. It is demonstrated that the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter is a non-universal property sensitive to microscopic details of the model. Three potentially stable superconducting states are identified: they are triplet $f$-wave, singlet $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave, and $d_{xy}$-wave. Presence of multiple competing superconducting states implies that for a real material this symmetry is difficult to predict theoretically and hard to probe experimentally, since artifacts of theoretical approximations or variations in experimental conditions could tip the balance between the superconducting phases.
Third-harmonic generation in superconductors: Role of quantum geometry in the competition between Higgs mode and quasiparticles
The University of Tokyo（东京大学）；The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology（香港科技大学）；RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)（理化学研究所凝聚体物质科学中心）
Disorder Effects on Competition between Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity in Cuprate Superconductors through the Enhancement in Charge Susceptibility
We address the ferromagnetic tendencies detrimental for superconductivity that are related to the substitution of the pnictogen As atom with Ge or Si, together with additional substitutions in the spacer layers in 122 and 1111 Fe-based superconductors. Intermediate compounds in which these substitutions are realized individually are studied within density functional theory. We thus single out the control of spacer ions as an effective way to handle such a ferromagnetism, and we also show that it is suppressed in YFe$_2$Ge$_2$ under pressure ---which then can be expected to enhance its supercon…
The recently discovered coexistence of superconductivity and charge density wave order in the kagome systems AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs) has stimulated enormous interest. According to theory, a vanadium-based kagome system may host a flat band, nontrivial linear dispersive Dirac surface states and electronic correlation. Despite intensive investigations, it remains controversial about the origin of the charge density wave (CDW) order, how does the superconductivity relate to the CDW, and whether the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) arises primarily from the kagome lattice or the CDW order. We report an …
We compare the upper critical field of bulk single-crystalline samples of the two intrinsic transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) superconductors, 2H-NbSe2 and 2H-NbS2, in high magnetic fields where their layer structure is aligned strictly parallel and perpendicular to the field, using magnetic torque experiments and a high-precision piezo-rotary positioner. While both superconductors show that orbital effects still have a significant impact when the layer structure is aligned parallel to the field, the upper critical field of NbS2 rises above the Pauli limiting field and forms a Fulde-Ferrel…
The difference in the density of states for up- and down-spin electrons in a ferromagnet (F) results in spin-dependent scattering of electrons at a ferromagnet / nonmagnetic (F/N) interface. In a F/N/F spin-valve, this causes a current-independent difference in resistance ($ΔR$) between antiparallel (AP) and parallel (P) magnetization states. Giant magnetoresistance (GMR), $ΔR = R(AP) - R(P)$, is positive due to increased scattering of majority and minority spin-electrons in the AP-state. If N is substituted for a superconductor (S), there exists a competition between GMR and the superconducti…
Competition between phonon superconductivity and Kondo screening in mixed valence and heavy fermion compounds
本文用周期Anderson模型的唯象方法研究了重费米子和混合价超导体中近藤效应与s波超导性的竞争。类似于超导体中单杂质近藤效应的已知结果，我们在较窄的模型参数和f电子浓度范围内，发现了重费米子超导体中超导转变温度$T_c$的重入区的主要可能性。混合价超导体中$T_c$的抑制作用要弱得多。在没有$T_c$重入行为的低温费米液相区，我们的理论是最有效的。为了检验其适用性，我们对Ce $_{1-x}$ La $_x$ Ru $_3$ Si $_2$中的$T_c$的$x$依赖性进行了拟合，并获得了与实验数据的极好的一致性，尽管在这种情况下没有发现再进入。根据我们的理论分析讨论了其他实验数据。特别是，我们比较了一些已知同系物的超导转变温度，即，具有和不具有f元素的模拟周期晶格化合物。对于少数几对同系物，超导电性只存在于重费米子材料中，从而证实了后者的超导电性机制的唯一性。我们认为，对于某些其他化合物的$T_c$的值可能保持在相同的数量级在两个同系物，如果超导性主要起源于一些轻费米表面，但诱导相当大的超导能隙在另一个费米表面，其中杂化或其他重费米子效应更显着。
Multiple correlation lengths and type-1.5 superconductivity in $U(1)$ superconductors due to hidden competition between irreducible representations of nonlocal pairing
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology（皇家理工学院）；Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability（瓦伦堡可持续材料科学倡议）
Real-space modulated Charge Density Waves (CDW) are an ubiquituous feature in many families of superconductors. In particular, how CDW relates to superconductivity is an active and open question that has recently gathered much interest since CDWs have been discovered in many cuprates superconductors. Here we show that disorder induced by proton irradiation is a full-fledged tuning parameter that can bring essential information to answer this question as it affects CDW and superconductivity with different and unequivocal mechanisms. Specifically, in the model CDW superconductor Lu$_5$Ir$_4$Si$_…
Inversion symmetry is a key symmetry in unconventional superconductors and even its local breaking can have profound implications. For inversion-symmetric systems, there is a competition on a microscopic level between the spin-orbit coupling associated with the local lack of inversion and hybridizing terms that `restore' inversion. Investigating a layered system with alternating mirror-symmetry breaking, we study this competition considering the spin response of different superconducting order parameters for the case of strong spin-orbit coupling. We find that signatures of the local non-centr…
