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The Physics of Pair-Density Waves: Cuprate Superconductors and Beyond

Journal Article · · Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
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  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (United States)
  2. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); Univ. College Cork (Ireland)
  3. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
  5. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  6. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  7. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  8. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
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Herein we review the physics of pair-density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge-density wave, and discuss related vestigial states that emerge as a consequence of partial melting of the PDW order. We review and critically discuss the mounting experimental evidence for such PDW order in the cuprate superconductors, the status of the theoretical microscopic description of such order, and the current debate on whether the PDW is a mother order or another competing order in the cuprates. In addition, we give an overview of the weak coupling version of PDW order, Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov states, in the context of cold atom systems, unconventional superconductors, and noncentrosymmetric and Weyl materials.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI); European Research Council (ERC); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; The James Simons Foundation
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; SC0012368; FG02-03ER46076
OSTI ID:
1608438
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1777866
Report Number(s):
BNL--213805-2020-JAAM
Journal Information:
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, Journal Name: Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 1947-5454
Publisher:
Annual ReviewsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
finite-momentum condensates
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