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Multiorbital Ferroelectric Superconductivity in doped SrTiO3

Superconductivity 2019-09-05 v2

Abstract

SrTiO3_3 is a unique example of a system which exhibits both quantum paraelectricity and superconductivity. Thus, it is expected that the superconducting state is closely related to the intrinsic ferroelectric instability. Indeed, recent experiments suggest existence of a coexistent phase of superconductivity and ferroelectricity in Ca-substituted SrTiO3_3. In this paper, we propose that SrTiO3_3 can be a platform of the ferroelectric superconductivity, which is characterized by a ferroelectric transition in the superconducting state. By analyzing a multiorbital model for t2gt_{2g} electrons, we show that the ferroelectric superconductivity is stabilized through two different mechanisms which rely on the presence of the spin-orbit coupling. First, the ferroelectric superconducting state is stabilized in the dilute carrier density regime due to a ferroelectricity-induced Lifshitz transition. Second, it is stabilized under a magnetic field independent of the carrier density. The importance of the multiorbital or multiband nature for the ferroelectric superconductivity is clarified. Then, we predict a topological Weyl superconducting state in the ferroelectric superconducting phase of SrTiO3_3.

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@article{arxiv.1904.11113,
  title  = {Multiorbital Ferroelectric Superconductivity in doped SrTiO3},
  author = {Shota Kanasugi and Youichi Yanase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.11113},
  year   = {2019}
}

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13 pages, 10 figures

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