Related papers: Superconductivity in the ferromagnetic semiconduct…
Designing new compounds with the coexistence of diverse physical properties is of great significance for broad applications in multifunctional electronic devices. In this work, based on density functional theory, we predict the coexistence…
Signatures of Majorana zero modes (MZMs), which are the building blocks for fault-tolerant topological quantum computing, have been observed in semiconductor nanowires (NW) with strong spin-orbital-interaction (SOI), such as InSb and InAs…
The superconducting state of iron pnictides and chalcogenides exists at the border of antiferromagnetic order. Consequently, these materials could provide clues about the relationship between magnetism and unconventional superconductivity.…
Multi-band superconductivity in topological semimetals are the paradigms of unconventional superconductors. Their exotic gap structures and topological properties have fascinated searching for material realizations and applications. In this…
As a novel function of ferromagnet (FM)/spacer/FM junctions, we theoretically investigate multiple-valued (or multi-level) cell property, which is in principle realized by sensing conductances of four states recorded with magnetization…
Spin-triplet superconductivity is actively pursued in condensed matter physics due to the potential applications in topological quantum computations. The related pairing mechanism involving the interaction remains an important research…
The basic physics of bulk magnetic superconductors (MS) related to the problem of the coexistence of singlet superconductivity (SC) and magnetic order is reviewed. The interplay between exchange (EX) and electromagnetic (EM) interaction is…
The deliberate insertion of magnetic Mn dopants in the Fe sites of the optimally-doped SmFeAsO0.88-F0.12 iron-based superconductor can modify in a controlled way its electronic properties. The resulting phase diagram was investigated across…
Thanks to the discovery in the last decade of three uranium ferromagnetic superconductors, UGe2, URhGe and UCoGe, the fascinating aspects of the interplay between the triplet state of Cooper pairing and ferromagnetism have emerged.…
The magnon exchange mechanism of superconductivity was developed to explain in a natural way the fact that the superconductivity in $UGe_2$, $ZrZn_2$ and $URhGe$ is confined to the ferromagnetic phase.The order parameter is a spin…
Spin-polarized transport is investigated in normal metal-superconductor (NS) junctions as a function of interface transmissivity as well as temperature when the density of states of a superconductor is Zeeman-split in response to an…
We review the current understanding of superconductivity in the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors of the Bechgaard and Fabre salt families. We discuss the interplay between superconductivity, antiferromagnetism, and…
The spin of the neutron allows neutron scattering to reveal the magnetic structure and dynamics of materials over nanometre length scales and picosecond timescales. Neutron scattering is particularly in demand in order to understand…
Motivated by recent experiments searching for Majorana zero modes in tripartite semiconductor nanowires with epitaxial superconductor and ferromagnetic-insulator layers, we explore the emergence of topological superconductivity in such…
In strongly correlated materials, cooperative behavior of the electrons causes a variety of quantum ordered states that may, in some cases, coexist. It has long been believed, however, that such coexistence among ferromagnetic ordering,…
Some of the iron pnictides show coexisting superconductivity and spin-density-wave order. We study the superconducting pairing instability in the spin-density-wave phase. Assuming that the pairing interaction is due to spin fluctuations, we…
The recent development of MBE techniques for growth of III-V ferromagnetic semiconductors has created materials with exceptional promise in spintronics, i.e. electronics that exploit carrier spin polarization. Among the most carefully…
The interplay among topology, superconductivity, and magnetism promises to bring a plethora of exotic and unintuitive behaviors in emergent quantum materials. The family of Fe-chalcogenide superconductors FeTexSe1-x are directly relevant in…
Ferromagnets can sustain supercurrents through the formation of equal spin triplet Cooper pairs and the mechanism of odd-frequency pairing. Since such pairs are not broken by the exchange energy of the ferromagnet, superconducting triplet…
Spin-orbit coupling driven by broken inversion symmetry ($I$) is known to lead to unusual magnetic response of superconductors, including extremely large critical fields for spin-singlet superconductors. This unusual response is also known…