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Topological pairings in Janus monolayer TaSSe

Superconductivity 2019-07-24 v1

Abstract

The Janus monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides[TMDs] MXY[M=Mo,W, etc. and X,Y=S,Se, etc.] has been synthesized recently, and the Rashba spin splitting arises in it owing to the breaking of out-of-plane mirror symmetry[\href{https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235404}{Phys. Rev. B 97, 235404 (2018)}]. Here we study the pairing symmetry of superconducting Janus monolayer H-TaSSe by solving the linearized gap equation at the critical temperature TcT_c. We find that the strong Rashba effect in H-TaSSe could produce topological superconducting states which differs from that in its parent monolayer H-TaS2_2 and H-TaSe2_2. More specifically, at the chemical potential μ>0.08\mu>-0.08eV, we obtain a time-reversal invariant s+f+p-wave mixed pairing state. This pairing state is full-gap and topologically nontrivial, i.e. Z2=1\mathbb{Z}_2=1. However, a time-reversal broken d+p+f pairing belonging to the 2-dimensional irreducible representation EE appears at lower chemical potential. It can host a large Chern number C=6C=-6 at appropriate pairing strengths. The results suggest the monolayer H-TaSSe to be a candidate helical or chiral topological superconductor.

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@article{arxiv.1907.09925,
  title  = {Topological pairings in Janus monolayer TaSSe},
  author = {W. P. Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.09925},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures