Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2018 Aug 24;121(8):087001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.087001.
We study a minimal Hubbard model for electronically driven superconductivity in a correlated flat miniband resulting from the superlattice modulation of a twisted graphene multilayer. The valley degree of freedom drastically modifies the nature of the preferred pairing states, favoring spin triplet d+id order with a valley singlet structure. We identify two candidates in this class, which are both topological superconductors. These states support half-vortices carrying half the usual superconducting flux quantum hc/(4e), and have topologically protected gapless edge states.
我们研究了一个关联平带中电子驱动超导的最小哈伯德模型,该平带是由扭曲的双层石墨烯的超晶格调制产生的。谷自由度极大地改变了首选配对态的性质,有利于具有谷单重态结构的自旋三重态 d+id 序。在这个类别中,我们确定了两个候选者,它们都是拓扑超导体。这些态携带半个通常超导磁通量子 hc/(4e)的半涡旋,并且具有拓扑保护的无能隙边缘态。