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Topological Change of the Fermi Surface in Low-Density Rashba Gases: Application to Superconductivity

E. Cappelluti, C. Grimaldi, F. Marsiglio

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.167002 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

In this Letter we show how, for small values of the Fermi energy compared to the spin-orbit splitting of Rashba type, a topological change of the Fermi surface leads to an effective reduction of the dimensionality in the electronic density of states in the low charge density regime. We investigate its consequences on the onset of the superconducting instability. We show that the superconducting critical temperature is significantly tuned in this regime by the spin-orbit coupling. We suggest that materials with strong spin-orbit coupling are good candidates for enhanced superconductivity.

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Li2Pd3B

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