Switching between superconductivity and current density waves in Bernal bilayer graphene
Jun Ho Son, Yi-Ting Hsu, Eun-Ah Kim
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.111.115144 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
An out-of-plane magnetic field can always suppress superconductivity. In Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene (BBG), recently observed activation of superconductivity (SC) through either in-plane magnetic fields or proximate spin-orbit coupling (SOC) offers a rare instance of switching superconductivity on. To understand this, we must first examine the nonsuperconducting state. We propose an incommensurate current density wave (CrDW) driven by Van Hove singularities away from the zone corners as a competing order. We note that the two switches, the in-plane field and the SOC, both break spin degeneracy. Our parquet renormalization group analysis reveals that breaking spin degeneracy shifts the balance from CrDW, favored under spin degeneracy, to SC when degeneracy is lifted. Driven by purely repulsive interactions, the pairing symmetry of the resulting SC is a p/d wave. The presence of CrDW accounts for the nonlinear I−V behavior in the normal state and suggests potential anomalous Hall effects due to time-reversal symmetry breaking. We further predict that reducing screening could enhance SC.
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