Phonon-mediated spin-polarized superconductivity in altermagnets

Kristoffer Leraand; Kristian Mæland; Asle Sudbø

doi:10.1103/g4dl-1ff2

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Phonon-mediated spin-polarized superconductivity in altermagnets

Kristoffer Leraand, Kristian Mæland, Asle Sudbø

DOI 10.1103/g4dl-1ff2 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We consider the possibility of phonon-mediated unconventional superconductivity in a recently discovered new class of antiferromagnets, dubbed altermagnets. Within a weak-coupling approach, and using a minimal Lieb lattice model for altermagnets, we find a dominant superconducting instability odd in momentum and even in spin with spin-polarized Cooper pairs. We discuss the origin of this unusual result in terms of the spin structure of the altermagnetic Fermi surface, in combination with the momentum-space structure of the effective phonon-mediated electron-electron interactions on the Fermi surface.