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Finite temperature pair density wave superconductivity in $d$-wave altermagnets

Superconductivity 2026-05-11 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We demonstrate that altermagnetism provides a field-free mechanism for stabilizing finite-momentum superconductivity in two dimensions. Using a non-perturbative static path approximation Monte Carlo approach, we show that a d-wave altermagnet supports a robust pair-density-wave (PDW) phase that persists over a finite temperature window despite strong thermal fluctuations. The underlying mechanism originates from momentum-dependent spin splitting, which effectively enhances pairing instabilities at finite center-of-mass momentum without Zeeman fields. We identify distinct thermal scales associated with phase coherence, gap closing, and pseudogap formation, and establish characteristic spectroscopic and real-space signatures of the PDW state. Our results reveal altermagnetism as a robust route to thermally stable finite-momentum superconductivity and provide experimentally testable signatures for altermagnetic materials.

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@article{arxiv.2605.07656,
  title  = {Finite temperature pair density wave superconductivity in $d$-wave altermagnets},
  author = {Amrutha N Madhusuthanan and Madhuparna Karmakar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.07656},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

13 pages, 10 figures. This manuscript supersedes arXiv:2603.25314

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