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Topological Fulde-Ferrell and Larkin-Ovchinnikov states in spin-orbit coupled lattice system

Superconductivity 2017-10-20 v1

Abstract

The spin-orbit coupled lattice system under Zeeman fields provides an ideal platform to realize exotic pairing states. Notable examples range from the topological superfluid/superconducting (tSC) state, which is gapped in the bulk but metallic at the edge, to the Fulde-Ferrell (FF) state (having a phase-modulated order parameter with a uniform amplitude) and the Larkin-Ovchinnikov (LO) state (having a spatially varying order parameter amplitude). Here, we show that the topological FF state with Chern number (C=1\mathcal{C}=-1) (tFF1_{1}) and topological LO state with C=2\mathcal{C}=2 (tLO2_{2}) can be stabilized in Rashba spin-orbit coupled lattice systems in the presence of both in-plane and out-of-plane Zeeman fields. Besides the inhomogeneous tSC states, in the presence of a weak in-plane Zeeman field, two topological BCS phases may emerge with C=1\mathcal{C}=-1 (tBCS1_{1}) far from half filling and C=2\mathcal{C}=2(tBCS2_{2}) near half filling. We show intriguing effects such as different spatial profiles of order parameters for FF and LO states, the topological evolution among inhomogeneous tSC states, and different non-trivial Chern numbers for the tFF1_{1} and tLO1,2_{1,2} states, which are peculiar to the lattice system. Global phase diagrams for various topological phases are presented for both half-filling and doped cases. The edge states as well as local density of states spectra are calculated for tSC states in a 2D strip.

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@article{arxiv.1710.07169,
  title  = {Topological Fulde-Ferrell and Larkin-Ovchinnikov states in spin-orbit coupled lattice system},
  author = {Yao-Wu Guo and Yan Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.07169},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures