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By converting conventional spin-singlet Cooper pairs to polarized spin-triplet pairs, it is possible to sustain long-ranged spin-polarized supercurrents flowing through strongly polarized ferromagnets. Obtaining such a conversion via…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-01 Johannes R. Eskilt , Morten Amundsen , Niladri Banerjee , Jacob Linder

Unconventional superconductivity (SC) is said to occur when Cooper pair formation is dominated by repulsive electron-electron interactions, so that the symmetry of the pair wavefunction is other than isotropic s-wave. The strong, on-site,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-22 J. C. Séamus Davis , Dung-Hai Lee

We systematically investigate the emergence of finite-momentum Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superconductivity in a square lattice Hubbard model with finite filling, driven by either $d_{xy}$-wave or $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-13 Xia-Ji Liu , Hui Hu

We report on the structural and magnetic properties of single and double atomic layers of Mn on a clean and unreconstructed Nb(110) substrate. Low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements reveal a proximity-induced…

Recently introduced magnetic materials called altermagnets (AM) feature zero net magnetization but a momentum dependent magnetic exchange field, which can have intriguing implications when combined with superconductivity. In our work, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-13 Simran Chourasia , Aleksandr Svetogorov , Akashdeep Kamra , Wolfgang Belzig

We consider a general problem of a Josephson contact between two multiband superconductors with coexisting superconducting and magnetic phases. As a particular example, we use the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity to study the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-01 Ammar A. Kirmani , Maxim Dzero , Alex Levchenko

We consider an altermagnet subject to the electron attractive potential mediated by the dispersive phonons. While altermagnetism suppresses superconductivity, scattering of electrons on the Fermi surface by thermal phonons suppresses…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-31 Ivan Iorsh

We investigate the electron transport through a two-dimensional semiconductor with a nonuniform Rashba spin-orbit interaction. Due to the combination of the coherence effect and the Rashba interaction, a spontaneous spin-polarized current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity provides a fertile ground for engineering exotic topological phases, while dynamical control via periodic driving offers a unique avenue to access quantum states that are inaccessible in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-03 Xiaolin Wan , Zheng Qin , Fangyang Zhan , Junjie Zeng , Dong-Hui Xu , Rui Wang

We develop a semiclassical theory of superconducting quasiparticles for proximity-induced superconducting systems, where spin-orbit coupling plays a critical role in shaping the quasiparticle dynamics. We reveal the structure of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-01 Zhen-Cheng Liao , Cong Xiao , Zhi Wang , Qian Niu

We propose a new Rashba-free mechanism to realize topological superconductivity with electron-phonon interaction. In the presence of a magnetic field, electron-phonon interaction with small momentum transfer is found to favor spin-triplet…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-07-29 Shaozhi Li , Lun-Hui Hu , Rui-Xing Zhang , Satoshi Okamoto

Altermagnets emerge as a novel platform for realizing unconventional superconductivity through their exotic momentum-dependent spin-splitting of electronic band structures. Recent experiments have uncovered a novel form of altermagnetism…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-27 Tilen Cadez , Abraham Nathan Sunanta , Kyoung-Min Kim

We investigate the emergence of superconducting phases, both with zero and finite Cooper-pair center of mass momenta, in recently proposed unconventional $p$-wave magnets. As a consequence, we find that, while these magnetic phases are in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-16 Igor de M. Froldi , Hermann Freire

Altermagnets with pronounced spin-splitting band structure, unconventional magnetic and crystal symmetries, and exotic magneto-transport properties have received immense interest in cutting-edge spintronics, materials science, and condensed…

In this Letter, we first formulate an effective theory, which generally captures long-range proximity effects of a surface system weakly coupled to an s-wave superconductor. The long-range proximity effects include both the emergent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-12-05 H. Q. Wang , L. B. Shao , Y. X. Zhao , L. Sheng , B. G. Wang , D. Y. Xing

Proximity effect is used to generate effective topological superconductor by placing strong spin orbit interacting metals with superconducting materials, aiming to produce Majorana zero modes useful for topologically protected quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-02-03 Wan-Ju Li , Sung-Po Chao , Ting-Kuo Lee

Although multilayer systems possess global inversion symmetry, some of the layers lack local inversion symmetry because no global inversion centers are present on such layers. Such locally non-centrosymmetric systems exhibit spatially…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-19 Daisuke Maruyama , Manfred Sigrist , Youichi Yanase

The influence of an inhomogeneous magnetic field on the magnetoresistance of thin Al films, used in different superconductor/ferromagnet hybrids, has been investigated. Two contrasting magnetic textures with out-of-plane magnetization are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Gillijns , A. Aladyshkin , A. V. Silhanek , V. V. Moshchalkov

Altermagnet is a newly discovered magnetic phase, characterized by non-relativistic spin-splitting that has been experimentally observed. Here, we introduce a framework dubbed {\it spin-orbital altermagnetism} to achieve spin-orbital…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-22 Zi-Ming Wang , Yang Zhang , Song-Bo Zhang , Jin-Hua Sun , Elbio Dagotto , Dong-Hui Xu , Lun-Hui Hu

Altermagnets are a recently discovered class of magnetic materials that combine a collinear, zero-magnetization spin structure, characteristic of antiferromagnets, with spin-split electronic bands, a hallmark of ferromagnets. This unique…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Rui Chen , Bin Zhou , Dong-Hui Xu