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RVB superconductors with fermionic projected entangled pair states

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-07-02 v2

Abstract

We construct a family of simple fermionic projected entangled pair states (fPEPS) on the square lattice with bond dimension D=3D=3 which are exactly hole-doped resonating valence bond (RVB) wavefunctions with short-range singlet bonds. Under doping the insulating RVB spin liquid evolves immediately into a superconductor with mixed d+isd+is pairing symmetry whose pair amplitude grows as the square-root of the doping. The relative weight between ss-wave and dd-wave components can be controlled by a single variational parameter cc. We optimize our ansatz w.r.t. cc for the frustrated tJ1J2t-J_1-J_2 model (including both nearest and next-nearest neighbor antiferromagnetic interactions J1J_1 and J2J_2, respectively) for J2J1/2J_2\simeq J_1/2 and obtain an energy very close to the infinite-PEPS state (using full update optimization and same bond dimension). The orbital symmetry of the optimized RVB superconductor has predominant d-wave character, although we argue a residual (complex s-wave) time reversal symmetry breaking component should always be present. Connections of the results to the physics of superconducting cuprates and pnictides are outlined.

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@article{arxiv.1404.5268,
  title  = {RVB superconductors with fermionic projected entangled pair states},
  author = {Didier Poilblanc and Philippe Corboz and Norbert Schuch and J. Ignacio Cirac},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.5268},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

6 pages, 4 figures and Supplemental Material (3 pages, 2 figures). Updated version including new iPEPS results using full update optimization scheme, showing excellent agreement with RVB wave function

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