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Possible two-component pairings in electron-doped Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ based on a tight-binding model

Superconductivity 2019-06-26 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

Recent experiments show the spontaneous breaking of rotational symmetry in the superconducting topological insulators Mx_{x}Bi2_{2}Se3_{3} (M represents Cu, Sr, or Nd), suggesting that the pairing belongs to a two-dimensional representation of the D3dD_{3d} symmetry group of the crystal. Motivated by these progresses, we construct an exhaustive list of possible two-component pairings of the Mx_{x}Bi2_{2}Se3_{3} superconductors, both for the odd-parity EuE_{u} representation and for the even-parity EgE_{g} representation. Starting from a tight-binding model for the normal phase of Bi2_{2}Se3_{3} and Mx_{x}Bi2_{2}Se3_{3}, we firstly construct the pairing channels in the spin-orbital basis, up to second-nearest-neighbor pairing correlations in the basal plane. We then infer the properties of these pairings by transforming them to the band (pseudospin) basis for the conduction band. A comparison with the key experimental consensuses on Mx_{x}Bi2_{2}Se3_{3} superconductors shows that the true pairings should also be multichannel. Besides a nematic and time-reversal symmetric pairing combination, the other pairings that we have identified are chiral and nematic at the same time, which may be nonunitary and have a spontaneous magnetization. A complementary set of experiments are proposed to identify the true pairing symmetries of these superconductors and their evolution with the doping concentration xx.

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@article{arxiv.1812.07834,
  title  = {Possible two-component pairings in electron-doped Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ based on a tight-binding model},
  author = {Lei Hao and C. S. Ting},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.07834},
  year   = {2019}
}

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15 pages, 5 tables

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