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We study the emergence of odd-frequency superconducting pairing in UPt$_3$. Starting from a tight-binding model accounting for the nonsymmorphic crystal symmetry of UPt$_3$ and assuming an order parameter in the $E_{2u}$ representation, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-02-12 Christopher Triola , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We point out that essentially all multi-band superconductors have an odd-frequency pairing component, as follows from a general symmetry analysis of even- and odd-frequency pairing states. We show that odd-frequency superconducting pairing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-05-22 Annica M. Black-Schaffer , Alexander V. Balatsky

We theoretically investigate strong-coupling properties of an odd-frequency Fermi superfluid. This pairing state has the unique property that Cooper pairs are formed between fermions, not at the same time, but at different times. To see…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-06-18 Shumpei Iwasaki , Taira Kawamura , Koki Manabe , Yoji Ohashi

In all known superconductors the pairing of fermions is not sensitive to the sign of their time-argument difference, leading to a Cooper pair wavefunction that is even in time/frequency. Four decades ago it was suggested that odd-frequency…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-18 Alex Aperis , Pablo Maldonado , Peter M. Oppeneer

We consider normal-superconductor (NS) and superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junctions based on one-dimensional nanowires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and proximity-induced $s$-wave spin-singlet superconductivity and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-28 Jorge Cayao , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Odd-frequency Cooper pairs with chiral symmetry emerging at the edges of topological superconductors are a useful physical quantity for characterizing the topological properties of these materials. In this work, we show that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-05-29 Shun Tamura , Shintaro Hoshino , Yukio Tanaka

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

We first show the realization of exceptional points in a non-Hermitian superconducting system based on a conventional superconductor and then demonstrate that, surprisingly, the system hosts odd-frequency pairing, solely generated by the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-08 Jorge Cayao , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We investigate the emergence and consequences of odd-frequency spin-triplet s-wave pairing in superconducting hybrid junctions at the edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator without any magnetism. More specifically, we consider…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 Jorge Cayao , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

In this paper, we investigate the relation between odd-frequency pairing and proximity effect in non-uniform Kitaev chain systems with a particular interest in the topological critical point. First, we correlate the odd-frequency pairing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-17 Daijiro Takagi , Shun Tamura , Yukio Tanaka

Odd-frequency Cooper pairs are gathering attention for the convenience of investigating the edge state of topological superconductors including Majorana fermions. Although a spinless p-wave superconductor has only one Majorana fermion in a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-06-08 Daijiro Takagi , Maria Teresa Mercaldo , Yukio Tanaka , Mario Cuoco

The Josephson effect in superconductor / diffusive ferromagnet / superconductor (SFS) junctions is studied using the recursive Green function method in the regime of large exchange energy in a ferromagnet. Motivated by recent experiment [R.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 Yasuhiro Asano , Yukio tanaka , Alexander Golubov

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 investigate odd-frequency superconducting correlations in normal-superconductor (NS) and short superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junctions with the S region described by the Kitaev model of spinless fermions in one dimension. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-26 Athanasios Tsintzis , Annica M. Black-Schaffer , Jorge Cayao

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

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

We theoretically study the effects of spin-orbit interactions on symmetry of a Cooper pair in a spin-singlet d-wave superconductor in two-dimension. The pairing symmetry is analyzed in terms of the anomalous Green's function which is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-24 Jaechul Lee , Satoshi Ikegaya , Yasuhiro Asano

We discuss a strong relationship between Majorana fermions and odd-frequency Cooper pairs which appear at a disordered normal (N) nano wire attached to a topologically nontrivial superconducting (S) one. The transport properties in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-04-22 Yasuhiro Asano , Yukio Tanaka

It is now well established that at a superconductor/ferromagnet (S/F) interface an unconventional superconducting state arises in which the pairing state is odd-frequency. The hallmark signature of this superconducting state is generally…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-10-28 J. Linder , J. W. A. Robinson

We study the odd-frequency Cooper pairs formed near the surface of superfluid 3He. The odd-frequency pair amplitude is closely related to the local density of states in the low energy limit. We derive a formula relating explicitly the two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-01-24 S. Higashitani , S. Matsuo , Y. Nagato , K. Nagai , S. Murakawa , R. Nomura , Y. Okuda