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A pair-density-wave (PDW) is a novel superconducting state with an oscillating order parameter. A microscopic mechanism that can give rise to it has been long sought but has not yet been established by any controlled calculation. Here we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-07 Kevin S. Huang , Zhaoyu Han , Steven A. Kivelson , Hong Yao

An indispensable ingredient for pair density wave (PDW) superconductivity is the presence of an attractive pairing interaction at finite momentum. Here, we show how this condition can be met with straightforward electron-density…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-16 Nicole Sabina Ticea , Srinivas Raghu , Yi-Ming Wu

Pair density wave (PDW) is a distinct superconducting state characterized by a periodic modulation of its order parameter in real space. Its intricate interplay with the charge density wave (CDW) state is a continuing topic of interest in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-04 Lu Cao , Yucheng Xue , Yingbo Wang , Fu-Chun Zhang , Jian Kang , Hong-Jun Gao , Jinhai Mao , Yuhang Jiang

The pair density wave (PDW) exemplifies intertwined orders in strongly correlated systems. A recent discovery of superconductivity in a quarter-metal state offers the first experimental system where a pure PDW without uniform…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-11 Omri Lesser , Chunli Huang , James P. Sethna , Eun-Ah Kim

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…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-29 Yi-Fan Jiang , Hong Yao

We review the physics of pair density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge density wave, and discuss related vestigial states that emerge as a…

Pair-density-wave (PDW) states are a long-sought-after phase of quantum materials, with the potential to unravel the mysteries of high-$T_c$ cuprates and other strongly correlated superconductors. Yet, surprisingly, a key signature of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-19 Ke Wang , Qijin Chen , Rufus Boyack , K. Levin

A pair density wave (PDW) is a superconductor whose order parameter is a periodic function of space, without an accompanying spatially-uniform component. Since PDWs are not the outcome of a weak-coupling instability of a Fermi liquid, a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-01-25 Yi-Ming Wu , P. A. Nosov , Aavishkar A. Patel , S. Raghu

A pair density wave (PDW) is a superconducting state characterized by an order parameter with finite center-of-mass momentum in the absence of an external magnetic field, thereby breaking the conventional translational symmetry in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-13 Zi-Ang Wang , Bin Hu , Xianghe Han , Hui Chen , Hong-Jun Gao

Pair density wave (PDW) states are defined by a spatially modulating superconductive order-parameter. To search for such states in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) we use high-speed atomic-resolution scanned Josephson-tunneling…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-06-29 Xiaolong Liu , Yi Xue Chong , Rahul Sharma , J. C. Séamus Davis

Understanding the formation of novel pair density waves (PDWs) in strongly correlated electronic systems remains challenging. Recent mean-field studies suggest that PDW phases may arise in strong-coupling multiband superconductors by virtue…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-24 Hao-Xin Wang , Wen Huang

A major obstacle in understanding the mechanism of Cooper pairing in the cuprates is the existence of various intertwined orders associated with spin, charge, and Cooper pairs. Of particular importance is the ubiquitous charge order…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-05-08 Wei Ruan , Xintong Li , Cheng Hu , Zhenqi Hao , Haiwei Li , Peng Cai , Xingjiang Zhou , Dung-Hai Lee , Yayu Wang

A robust theory of the mechanism of pair density wave (PDW) superconductivity (i.e. where Cooper pairs have nonzero center of mass momentum) remains elusive. Here we explore the triangular lattice $t$-$J$-$V$ model, a low-energy effective…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-28 Jiucai Wang , Wen Sun , Hao-Xin Wang , Zhaoyu Han , Steven A. Kivelson , Hong Yao

Electron-pair density wave (PDW) states are now an intense focus of research in the field of cuprate correlated superconductivity. PDWs exhibit periodically modulating superconductive electron pairing which can be visualized directly using…

A pair density wave (PDW) is a superconducting (SC) state with spatially modulated order parameter. Although much is known about the properties of the PDW state, its realization in microscopic models with divergent susceptibility has been…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-21 Hong-Chen Jiang

The pair density wave (PDW) is an extraordinary superconducting state where Cooper pairs carry nonzero momentum. It can emerge when the full condensation of zero momentum Cooper pairs is frustrated. Evidence for the existence of intrinsic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-30 Yanzhao Liu , Tianheng Wei , Guanyang He , Yi Zhang , Ziqiang Wang , Jian Wang

Pair density waves (PDWs) are superconducting states formed by ``Cooper pairs" of electrons containing a non-zero center-of-mass momentum. They are characterized by a spatially modulated order parameter and may occur in a variety of…

The possibility of realizing pair density wave (PDW) phases, in which Cooper pairs have a finite momentum, presents an interesting challenge that has been studied in a wide variety of systems. In conventional superconductors, this is only…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-30 Daniel Shaffer , F. J. Burnell , Rafael M. Fernandes

Pair density waves (PDWs) are a inhomogeneous superconducting states whose Cooper pairs possess a finite momentum resulting in a oscillatory gap in space, even in the absence of an external magnetic field. There is growing evidence for the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-12-17 Marcus Rosales , Eduardo Fradkin

The quest to understand the nature of superconductivity in cuprates has spotlighted the pair density wave (PDW) -- a superconducting state characterized by a spatially modulated order parameter. Despite significant advances in understanding…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-22 Hong-Chen Jiang , Thomas Peter Devereaux
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