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Zero-field finite-momentum and field-induced superconductivity in altermagnets

Superconductivity 2024-03-29 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We explore the possibilities for spin-singlet superconductivity in newly discovered altermagnets. Investigating dd-wave altermagnets, we show that finite-momentum superconductivity can easily emerge in altermagnets even though they have no net magnetization, when the superconducting order parameter also has dd-wave symmetry with nodes coinciding with the altermagnet nodes. Additionally, we find a rich phase diagram when both altermagnetism and an external magnetic field are considered, including superconductivity appearing at high magnetic fields from a parent zero-field normal state.

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@article{arxiv.2309.14427,
  title  = {Zero-field finite-momentum and field-induced superconductivity in altermagnets},
  author = {Debmalya Chakraborty and Annica M. Black-Schaffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.14427},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

New results in the Supplementary Material for a different model of altermagnetism