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Recent theoretical and experimental work has demonstrated how the superconducting critical temperature ($T_c$) can be modified by rotating the magnetization of a single homogeneous ferromagnet proximity-coupled to the superconducting layer.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-25 Lina G. Johnsen , Niladri Banerjee , Jacob Linder

We propose an experiment-based strategy for finding new high transition temperature superconductors that is based on the well-established spin fluctuation magnetic gateway to superconductivity in which the attractive quasiparticle…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-11-19 David Pines

Information technologies require entangling data stability with encryption for a next generation of secure data storage. Current magnetic memories, ranging from low-density stripes up to high-density hard drives, can ultimately be detected…

The research landscape of magnetism has been recently enriched by the discovery of altermagnetism. It is an unconventional phase of matter characterized by a d-wave (or higher even-parity-wave) collinear compensated spin ordering, which…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-14 T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova , P. Wadley , D. Kriegner , H. Reichlova , F. Krizek , H. Ohno , L. Smejkal

We study finite-momentum superconductivity in a two-dimensional $d$-wave altermagnetic superconductor using a non-perturbative Monte Carlo approach beyond mean-field theory. We show that altermagnetism stabilizes a pair density wave (PDW)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-27 Amrutha N Madhusuthanan , Madhuparna Karmakar

Crystalline two-dimensional (2D) superconductors with low carrier density are an exciting new class of materials in which superconductivity coexists with strong interactions, the effects of complex topology are not obscured by disorder, and…

Altermagnets exhibit momentum-dependent spin splitting without net magnetization, combining characteristics of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, making them highly interesting for spintronics applications. CrSb is a prime candidate…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-02 Brahim Marfoua , Mohammad Amirabbasi , Marcus Ekholm

Altermagnets are compensated magnets with unconventional $d$, $g$, and $i$-wave spin order in reciprocal space. So far the search for new altermagnetic candidates has been focused on materials in which the magnetic unit cell is identical to…

Altermagnet is an emerging antiferromagnetic material subclass that exhibits spin-splitting in momentum space without net global magnetization and spin-orbit-coupling effect. In this work, we develop a model of thermal charge injection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-18 Yee Sin Ang

We discuss the possibility of coexistence of spin density wave (antiferromagnetism) and triplet superconductivity as a particular example of a broad class of systems where the interplay of magnetism and superconductivity is important. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Wei Zhang , C. A. R. Sa de Melo

We discuss the possibility of coexistence of spin density wave (antiferromagnetism) and triplet superconductivity as a particular example of a broad class of systems where the interplay of magnetism and superconductivity is important. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 Wei Zhang , C. A. R. Sa de Melo

The superconducting transition temperature, $T_c$, of a ferromagnet (F) - superconductor (S) - ferromagnet trilayer depends on the mutual orientation of the magnetic moments of the F layers. This effect has been previously observed in F/S/F…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-20 Jian Zhu , Ilya N. Krivorotov , Klaus Halterman , Oriol T. Valls

We have investigated the nucleation of superconductivity in an Al mesoscopic disk, with a magnetic dot on the top. The dot is magnetized perpendicularly, and its magnetic field is inhomogeneous. The Al disk and magnetic dot are separated by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 D. S. Golubovic , W. V. Pogosov , M. Morelle , V. V. Moshchalkov

Altermagnets are a novel type of magnetic system that has a spin-polarised electric band structure in the absence of a net magnetic moment, leading to exciting prospects in potential device applications. Hexagonal MnTe, a prototypical…

Altermagnets break a combination of time-reversal and rotational symmetries without generating a net magnetization. As such, the order parameter of $d$-wave altermagnets has the same symmetry as magnetic multipoles, and couples to the…

The magnetic field (H) - temperature (T) phase diagram of a superconductor is significantly altered when domains are present in an underlying ferromagnet with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. When the domains have a band-like shape, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Lange , M. J. Van Bael , V. V. Moshchalkov

Since the discovery of high-$T_c$ cuprates the quest for new superconductors has shifted toward more anisotropic, strongly correlated materials with lower carrier densities and competing magnetic and charge density wave orders. While these…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-01-08 Alex Gurevich

Nonvolatile spintronics-based devices that utilize electron spin both to store and transport information face a great challenge when scaled to nano dimensions due to loss of thermal stability and stray field induced disturbance in closely…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-28 Kutay Akin , Hasan Piskin , Ege Selvi , Emre Demircanli , Sevval Ari , Mohammad Hassan Ramezan zadeh , Bayram Kocaman , Ozhan Ozatay

Magnons in antiferromagnetic insulators couple strongly to conduction electrons in adjacent metals. We show that this interfacial tie can lead to superconductivity in a tri-layer consisting of a metal sandwiched between two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Eirik Løhaugen Fjærbu , Niklas Rohling , Arne Brataas

Femtosecond laser control of antiferromagnetic order is a cornerstone for future memory and logic devices operating at terahertz clock rates. The advent of altermagnets -- antiferromagnets with unconventional spin-group symmetries --…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-16 Tiangao Lu , Ao Wu , Junxiang Li , Meng Zeng , Di Cheng , Chang Liu , Jiangbin Gong , Xinwei Li