Anomalous acoustoelectric effect induced by clapping modes in chiral superconductors

Taiki Matsushita; Takeshi Mizushima; Ilya Vekhter; Satoshi Fujimoto

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.105.134520

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Anomalous acoustoelectric effect induced by clapping modes in chiral superconductors

Taiki Matsushita, Takeshi Mizushima, Ilya Vekhter, Satoshi Fujimoto

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.134520 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Clapping modes, which are relative amplitude and phase modes between two chiral components of Cooper pairs, are bosonic collective modes inherent to chiral superconductors. These modes behave as long-lived bosons with masses smaller than the threshold energy, 2Δ, for decay into unbound fermion pairs. Here, we clarify that the real/imaginary clapping modes in chiral superconductors directly couple to acoustic wave propagation when the weak particle-hole asymmetry of the normal state quasiparticle dispersion is taken into account. The clapping modes driven by an acoustic wave generate an alternating electric current, that is, the acoustoelectric effect in superconductors. Significantly, the clapping modes give rise to a transverse electric current. When the sound velocity is comparable to the Fermi velocity, as in heavy fermion compounds, the transverse current is resonantly enhanced at energy below the threshold for continuum excitations. This resonance provides smoking-gun evidence of chiral superconductivity.

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