Strong-coupling approach to temperature dependence of competing orders of superconductivity: Possible time-reversal symmetry breaking and nontrivial topology

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العنوان: Strong-coupling approach to temperature dependence of competing orders of superconductivity: Possible time-reversal symmetry breaking and nontrivial topology
المؤلفون: Sun, Chi, Mæland, Kristian, Thingstad, Even, Sudbø, Asle
المصدر: Phys. Rev. B 109, 174520 (2024)
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Superconductivity, Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
الوصف: We use strong-coupling Eliashberg theory to study the competition of separate superconducting orders at low temperatures. Specifically, we study magnon-mediated superconductivity in a trilayer heterostructure with a thin normal metal between two antiferromagnetic insulators. Spin-triplet $p$-wave, spin-triplet $f$-wave, and spin-singlet $d$-wave superconducting gaps have been predicted to occur close to the critical temperature for the superconducting instability. The gap symmetry with the largest critical temperature depends on parameters in the model. We confirm that the same gap symmetries appear at any temperature below the critical temperature. Furthermore, we show that the temperature can affect the competition between the different superconducting orders. In addition, we consider time-reversal-symmetry-breaking, complex linear combinations of candidate pairings, such as chiral $p$-, $f$-, and $d$-wave gaps, as well as $p_x+if_y$-wave gaps. We find indications that some of these time-reversal-symmetry-breaking, nodeless gaps offer a greater condensation energy than the time-reversal symmetric gaps. This indicates that superconducting states with spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry and nontrivial topology may be preferred in this system.
Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, accepted in Physical Review B
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.174520
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18897
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2403.18897
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.109.174520