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Topological superconductivity with mixed singlet-triplet pairing in moir\'e transition-metal-dichalcogenide bilayers

Superconductivity 2025-05-15 v1

Abstract

We investigate strong coupling topological superconductivity in twisted moir\'e bilayer WSe2_2. Our approach is based on an effective tt-JJ model with displacement-field-dependent complex hoppings, which is treated with the variational Gutzwiller projection method. The calculated phase diagram contains domes of topologically nontrivial superconducting phases, with Chern numbers C=±2,  ±4C=\pm 2,\;\pm 4. The order parameter is characterized by a mixed dd+idid-wave (singlet) and pp-ipip-wave (triplet) gap symmetry. We also report on the appearance of an additional topologically trivial extended ss-wave and ff-wave paired phase. As we show, by changing the electron density and displacement field, one can tune the singlet and triplet contributions to the pairing, as well as induce topological phase transitions between superconducting states characterized by different values of the Chern number. We analyze the physical origin of the reported effects and discuss it briefly in the view of new possibilities for designing unconventional superconductivity in moir\'e systems.

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@article{arxiv.2403.05903,
  title  = {Topological superconductivity with mixed singlet-triplet pairing in moir\'e transition-metal-dichalcogenide bilayers},
  author = {Waseem Akbar and Andrzej Biborski and Louk Rademaker and Michał Zegrodnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05903},
  year   = {2025}
}