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Tri-component-pairing chiral superconductivity on the honeycomb lattice with mixed $s$- and $d$-wave symmetries

Superconductivity 2026-01-13 v2

Abstract

In this work, we investigate chiral topological superconductors on a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice with coexisting dx2y2d_{x^2-y^2}, dxyd_{xy}, and ss-wave pairing symmetries. Using a Ginzburg-Landau free energy analysis, the pairing gap function is shown to exhibit a tri-component form s+dx2y2eiϕ1+dxyeiϕ2s+d_{x^2-y^2}e^{i\phi_1}+d_{xy}e^{i\phi_2}, where ϕ1\phi_1 and ϕ2\phi_2 are phase differences between the dd- and ss-wave pairing components, which spontaneously breaks both time reversal and C6C_6 rotational symmetries. Chern numbers of the energy bands are calculated to be nonzero, demonstrating the topologically nontrivial nature of the system. The anomalous AC Hall conductivity is computed, which is not invariant under C6C_6 rotations, reflecting the anisotropic nature of the pairing gap function. Fractional magnetic vortices are also discussed, arising from the multi-component nature of the pairing gap function.

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@article{arxiv.2504.09511,
  title  = {Tri-component-pairing chiral superconductivity on the honeycomb lattice with mixed $s$- and $d$-wave symmetries},
  author = {Yu-Hang Li and Jiarui Jiao and Xiao-Xiao Zhang and Congjun Wu and Wang Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.09511},
  year   = {2026}
}

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22 pages, 11 figures