Nematic and chiral superconductivity induced by odd-parity fluctuations

Wu, Fengcheng; Martin, Ivar

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.144504

Nematic and chiral superconductivity induced by odd-parity fluctuations

Journal Article · Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.144504· OSTI ID:1411053

Wu, Fengcheng ^[1]; Martin, Ivar ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division

Recent experiments indicate that superconductivity in Bi₂Se₃ intercalated with Cu, Nb, or Sr is nematic with rotational symmetry breaking. Motivated by this observation, we present a model study of nematic and chiral superconductivity induced by odd-parity fluctuations. Additionally, we show that odd-parity fluctuations in the two-component E_u representation of D_3d crystal point group can generate attractive interaction in both the even-parity s-wave and odd-parity E-u pairing channels, but repulsive interaction in other odd-parity pairing channels. Coulomb repulsion can suppress s-wave pairing relative to E_u pairing, and thus the latter can have a higher critical temperature. E_u pairing has two distinct phases: a nematic phase and a chiral phase, both of which can be realized in our model. Finally, when s-wave and E_u pairings have similar instability temperature, we find an intermediate phase in which both types of pairing coexist.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1411053

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1398740

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 96; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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