Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov pairing induced by a Weyl nodal line in an Ising superconductor with a high critical field

Zhang, Xiaoming; Liu, Feng

doi:10.1103/physrevb.105.024505

Title: Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov pairing induced by a Weyl nodal line in an Ising superconductor with a high critical field

Journal Article · Thu Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.024505· OSTI ID:1905831

Zhang, Xiaoming ^[1];

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Ocean University of China, Shandong (China)
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

Superconductivity and electron topology are two quantum phenomena that have attracted much interest, but no causal relationship between them has been reported because superconductivity is a many-body effect due to electron-electron interaction, while electron topology is a single-particle manifestation of electron states. In this work, we demonstrate that electron topology can induce Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) pairing in Ising Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (IBCS) superconductors. Specifically, we predict that the nonmagnetic metals of the MA₂Z₄ family, including α₁-TaSi₂P₄, α₁-TaSi₂N₄, α₂-TaGe₂P₄, α₁-NbSi₂P₄, and α₂-NbGe₂P₄ monolayers, are all IBCS superconductors with a transition temperature ranging from a few to tens of degrees Kelvin. The intrinsic IBCS pairing alone will enhance the in-plane critical field B_c to ~20–60 times the Pauli limit B_p, and the extrinsic FFLO pairing evoked by topological Weyl nodal lines under a magnetic field can further double the B_c/B_p ratio. Our findings not only enrich the fundamental relationship between superconductivity and electron topology, but they also yield an effective approach to enhance the robustness of superconductivity.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-04ER46148; 12004357; ZR2020QA053

OSTI ID:: 1905831

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Vol. 105, Issue 2; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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