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We introduce the concept of Floquet odd-frequency superconducting pairs and establish their emergence in time-periodic conventional superconductors, where the continuous time-translation invariance is broken. We show that these exotic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-09 Jorge Cayao , Christopher Triola , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

The finite momentum superconducting pairing states (FMPs), where Cooper pairs carry non-zero momentum, are believed to give rise to exotic physical phenomena including the pseudogap phase of cuprate high-Tc superconductors and Majorana…

We obtain the general conditions for the emergence of odd-frequency superconducting pairing in a two-dimensional (2D) electronic system proximity-coupled to a superconductor, making minimal assumptions about both the 2D system and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-08 Christopher Triola , Driss M. Badiane , Alexander V. Balatsky , E. Rossi

We explore the role of proximity-induced odd-frequency pairing in the thermoelectricity of a ferromagnet when coupled to a conventional $s$-wave spin-singlet superconductor through a spin-active interface. By varying both the polarization…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-09-18 Paramita Dutta , Kauê R. Alves , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

The Meissner effect is one of the defining properties of superconductivity, with a conventional superconductor completely repelling an external magnetic field. In contrast to this diamagnetic behavior, odd-frequency superconducting pairing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-18 Fariborz Parhizgar , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Odd-frequency pairing is an unconventional type of Cooper pairing in superconductors related to the frequency dependence of the corresponding anomalous Green function. We show by a combination of analytical and numerical methods that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-05-21 Shun Tamura , Viktoriia Kornich , Björn Trauzettel

Using a simple theoretical model, we demonstrate the emergence of odd-frequency pair amplitudes in conventional Josephson junctions both in the absence of a voltage (DC effect) and in the presence of a finite voltage (AC effect). In both…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-04-20 Alexander V. Balatsky , Sergey S. Pershoguba , Christopher Triola

The recent discovery of superconductivity up to 32 K in the pressurized MoB2 revives the interests in exploring novel superconductors in transition-metal diborides isostructural to MgB2. Although the Mo 4d-electrons participate in Cooper…

We establish the existence of bulk odd-frequency superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ and show that an intrinsic Kerr effect is a direct evidence of this state. We use both general two- and three-orbital models, as well as a realistic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-25 L. Komendová , A. M. Black-Schaffer

Recent experiments found superconductivity in nonmagnetic MnB$_4$ with a high critical temperature ($T_{c}$) reaching 14 K at 158 GPa. However, ab initio calculations of the electron-phonon coupling predict a $T_{c}$ below 1 K, suggesting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-24 Danylo Radevych , Mercè Roig , Daniel F. Agterberg , Igor I. Mazin

We discuss the class of superconductors which have pairing correlations which are odd in frequency, as introduced originally by Berezinskii and more recently by Balatsky and Abrahams. As follows from the equations of motion, a natural…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Elihu Abrahams , A. V. Balatsky , D. J. Scalapino , J. R. Schrieffer

Monolayer superconducting transition metal dichalcogenide NbSe$_2$ is a candidate for a nodal topological superconductor by magnetic field. Because of the so-called Ising spin-orbit coupling that strongly pins the electron spins to the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-07-24 Mojtaba Rahimi Aliabad , Mohammad-Hossein Zare

Odd-frequency superconductivity represents a truly unconventional ordered state which, in contrast to conventional superconductivity, exhibits pair correlations which are odd in relative time and, hence, inherently dynamical. In this review…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-14 Jorge Cayao , Christopher Triola , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Finite-momentum Cooper pairing is an unconventional form of superconductivity that is widely believed to require finite magnetization. Altermagnetism is an emerging magnetic phase with highly anisotropic spin-splitting of specific…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-01 Song-Bo Zhang , Lun-Hui Hu , Titus Neupert

We investigate odd-in-time - or odd-frequency - pairing of fermions in equilibrium systems within the particle-number-conserving framework of Penrose, Onsager and Yang, where superfluid order is defined by macroscopic eigenvalues of reduced…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-15 K. Thompson , U. Zülicke , J. Schmalian , M. Governale , J. Brand

Odd-frequency pairing mechanism of superconductivity has been investigated for several decades. Nevertheless, its properties, including the thermodynamic stability, have remained unclear. In particular, it has been argued that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-18 Dmitry Solenov , Ivar Martin , Dmitry Mozyrsky

It was previously suggested that an odd-frequency pair amplitude exists in the vicinity of boundaries in unconventional superconductors. We develop this idea and quest for a novel superconducting order parameter with an odd-frequency…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-03-22 Masashige Matsumoto , Mikito Koga , Hiroaki Kusunose

In exotic superconductors including high-$T_c$ copper-oxides, the interactions mediating electron Cooper-pairing are widely considered to have a magnetic rather than the conventional electron-phonon origin. Interest in such exotic pairing…

We discuss the possibility that heavy fermion superconductors involve odd-frequency pairing of the kind first considered by Berezinskii. Using a toy model for odd frequency triplet pairing in the Kondo lattice we are able to examine key…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 P. Coleman , E. Miranda , A. Tsvelik

The recently discovered APt$_3$P (A=Sr,Ca,La) family of superconductors offers a platform to study frequency dependent superconducting phenomena as the electron-phonon coupling varies from weak to strong. Here we perform ab initio…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-06-24 Alex Aperis , Eiaki Morooka , Peter M. Oppeneer