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Stripe-tuned superconductivity in single-flavor metals with nontrivial quantum geometry

Superconductivity 2026-07-27 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We study how the interplay between nontrivial quantum geometry and an applied stripe potential affects superconductivity in a two-dimensional single-flavor metal. Assuming a weak contact attractive interaction and focusing on the lowest subband in the presence of a strong stripe potential, we analytically derive two possible pairing states in the quasi-one-dimensional limit. In addition to the conventional longitudinal pyp_y-wave order (with the stripes along the yy direction), we find that an exotic transverse pxp_x-wave order can be stabilized. The competition between these two orders is controlled by the electron density of each stripe and the Berry-curvature-dressed interaction. Notably, the transverse pxp_x wave order develops a nodal line at kx=0k_x=0, while the longitudinal pyp_y order is fully gapped. We discuss the possible experimental probes distinguishing these orders. Our results establish a way of controlling the pairing symmetry through a stripe potential, predicting superconductivity with nontrivial quantum geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2607.24905,
  title  = {Stripe-tuned superconductivity in single-flavor metals with nontrivial quantum geometry},
  author = {Yi-Ting Tu and Yang-Zhi Chou and Yi Huang and Sankar Das Sarma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.24905},
  year   = {2026}
}

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16 pages, 6 figures