Decomposition of multilayer superconductivity with interlayer pairing

Yi-feng Yang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.110.104507

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Decomposition of multilayer superconductivity with interlayer pairing

Yi-feng Yang

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.104507 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We prove that multilayer superconductivity with interlayer pairing may naturally decompose into a series of weakly coupled bilayer and trilayer superconducting blocks in order to minimize its total free energy. Our work is motivated by the recent proposal of interlayer pairing induced by the interlayer superexchange interaction of nearly half-filled dz2 orbitals in the bilayer and trilayer nickelate superconductors. We explore general properties of interlayer pairing superconductivity and perform systematic Ginzburg-Landau analyses of an effective multilayer model. For real materials, our results imply strong superconducting order parameter modulation and a short coherence length along the z axis (perpendicular to the layers). This reveals a unique feature of multilayer superconductivity with interlayer pairing and provides a basic framework for future experimental and theoretical investigations.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
La3Ni2O7 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	80	Pressure not reported	unknown
La4Ni3O10 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	30	Pressure not reported	unknown