Stabilizing even-parity chiral superconductivity in Sr2RuO4
Han Gyeol Suh, Henri Menke, P. M. R. Brydon, Carsten Timm, Aline Ramires, Daniel F. Agterberg
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.032023 · Physical Review Research
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Abstract
Strontium ruthenate (Sr2RuO4) has long been thought to host a spin-triplet chiral p-wave superconducting state. However, the singletlike response observed in recent spin-susceptibility measurements casts serious doubts on this pairing state. Together with the evidence for broken time-reversal symmetry and a jump in the shear modulus c66 at the superconducting transition temperature, the available experiments point towards an even-parity chiral superconductor with kz(kx±iky)-like Eg symmetry, which has consistently been dismissed based on the quasi-two-dimensional electronic structure of Sr2RuO4. Here, we show how the orbital degree of freedom can encode the two-component nature of the Eg order parameter, allowing for a local orbital-antisymmetric spin-triplet state that can be stabilized by on-site Hund's coupling. We find that this exotic Eg state can be energetically stable once a complete, realistic three-dimensional model is considered, within which momentum-dependent spin-orbit coupling terms are key. This state naturally gives rise to Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sr2RuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| CuxBi2Se3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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