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Pair-density-wave (PDW) is a long-sought exotic state with oscillating superconducting order without external magnetic field. So far it has been rare in establishing a 2D microscopic model with PDW long-range order in its ground state. Here…
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The recent discovery of an intrinsic, zero-field pair density wave (PDW) in the iron-pnictide superconductor EuRbFe$_4$As$_4$ poses a fundamental puzzle: how does a unidirectional, nanometer-scale superconducting modulation arise…
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In underdoped cuprates, the interplay of the pseudogap, superconductivity, and charge and spin ordering can give rise to exotic quantum states, including the pair density wave (PDW), in which the superconducting (SC) order parameter is…
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