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Displacement-field-tunable superconductivity in an inversion-symmetric twisted van der Waals heterostructure

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2024-01-29 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity

Abstract

We investigate the superconducting properties of inversion-symmetric twisted trilayer graphene by considering different parent states, including spin-singlet, triplet, and SO(4) degenerate states, with or without nodal points. By placing transition metal dichalcogenide layers above and below twisted trilayer graphene, spin-orbit coupling is induced in TTLG and, due to inversion symmetry, the spin-orbit coupling does not spin-split the bands. The application of a displacement field (D0D_0) breaks the inversion symmetry and creates spin-splitting. We analyze the evolution of the superconducting order parameters in response to the combined spin-orbit coupling and D0D_0-induced spin-splitting. Utilizing symmetry analysis combined with both a direct numerical evaluation and a complementary analytical study of the gap equation, we provide a comprehensive understanding of the influence of spin-orbit coupling and D0D_0 on superconductivity. These results contribute to a better understanding of the superconducting order in twisted trilayer graphene.

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@article{arxiv.2308.10530,
  title  = {Displacement-field-tunable superconductivity in an inversion-symmetric twisted van der Waals heterostructure},
  author = {Harley D. Scammell and Mathias S. Scheurer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.10530},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages, 9 figures