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Making Chiral Topological Superconductivities from Non-topological Superconductivities Through the Twist

Superconductivity 2024-02-07 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a general scheme to realize chiral TSCs through the "twistronics". Suppose we have a DnD_n-symmetric monolayer superconductor, which carries non-topological SC with pairing angular momentum L=n/2L=n/2. Here we propose that we can obtain chiral TSC with the same LL, by stacking two such monolayers with the largest twist angle π/n\pi/n, forming a Moireless quasi-crystal (QC) structure, dubbed as the twist-bilayer QC (TB-QC) here. The chiral TSC in the TB-QC is driven by the interlay Josephson coupling between the pairing order parameters of the two layers. An argument based on the universal Ginzburg-Landau theory is provided to understand this proposal. One known example which fits our proposal is the d+idd+id-chiral TSC in the 45^\circ-twisted bilayer cuprates. Here, based on the microscopic framework developed previously to treat with the electron-electron interactions in the TB-QC, we demonstrate the application of our proposal to a new example, i.e., the f+iff+if-chiral TSC obtained by twisting two properly-doped honeycomb-Hubbard-model monolayers by the angle 30^\circ. This example is related to the newly synthesized 30^\circ-twisted bilayer graphene.

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@article{arxiv.2301.07553,
  title  = {Making Chiral Topological Superconductivities from Non-topological Superconductivities Through the Twist},
  author = {Yu-Bo Liu and Jing Zhou and Yongyou Zhang and Wei-Qiang Chen and Fan Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.07553},
  year   = {2024}
}

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7 pages, 5 figures