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Topological chiral and nematic superconductivity by doping Mott insulators on triangular lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2022-07-18 v2

Abstract

The mechanism of the unconventional topological superconductivity (TSC) remains a long-standing issue. We investigate the quantum phase diagram of the extended tt-JJ-JχJ_{\chi} model including spin chiral interactions on triangular lattice based on the state-of-the-art density matrix renormalization group simulations. We identify distinct classes of superconducting phases characterized by nonzero topological Chern numbers C=1C=1 and 22, and a nematic d-wave superconducting phase with a zero Chern number. The TSC states are shown to emerge from doping either a magnetic insulator or chiral spin liquid, which opens new opportunities for experimental discovery. In addition, we further classify the C=2C=2 class of TSC phases into an isotropic and a nematic TSC phases, and present evidence of continuous quantum phase transitions from the nematic TSC phase to both isotropic TSC and nematic d-wave phases. These results provide new insight into the mechanism of TSC with an emphasis on the role played by hole dynamics, which changes spin background and drives a topological phase transition at a hole doping level around 3%3\% upon doping a magnetic insulator to enable the emergence of the TSC.

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@article{arxiv.2112.10336,
  title  = {Topological chiral and nematic superconductivity by doping Mott insulators on triangular lattice},
  author = {Yixuan Huang and D. N. Sheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.10336},
  year   = {2022}
}

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11+16 pages, 7+16 figures