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Twisted multilayer nodal superconductors

Superconductivity 2022-07-28 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Twisted bilayers of nodal superconductors were recently proposed as a promising platform to host superconducting phases that spontaneously break time-reversal symmetry. Here we extend this analysis to twisted multilayers, focusing on two high-symmetry stackings with alternating (±θ\pm \theta) and constant (θ\theta) twist angles. In analogy to alternating-twist multilayer graphene, the former can be mapped to twisted bilayers with renormalized interlayer couplings, along with a remnant gapless monolayer when the number of layers LL is odd. In contrast, the latter exhibits physics beyond twisted bilayers, including the occurrence of `magic angles' characterized by cubic band crossings when Lmod4=3L \mod 4 = 3. Owing to their power-law divergent density of states, such multilayers are highly susceptible to secondary instabilities. Within a BCS mean-field theory, defined in the continuum and on a lattice, we find that both stackings host chiral topological superconductivity in extended regions of their phase diagrams.

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@article{arxiv.2202.08790,
  title  = {Twisted multilayer nodal superconductors},
  author = {Tarun Tummuru and Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise and Marcel Franz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.08790},
  year   = {2022}
}

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16 pages, 8 figures

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