Lee Seung Hun, Choi Hong Chul, Yang Bohm-Jung
Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Korea.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Feb 12;126(6):067001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.067001.
We propose a route to achieve odd-parity spin-triplet (OPST) superconductivity in metallic collinear antiferromagnets with inversion symmetry. Owing to the existence of hidden antiunitary symmetry, which we call the effective time-reversal symmetry (eTRS), the Fermi surfaces of ordinary antiferromagnetic metals are generally spin degenerate, and spin-singlet pairing is favored. However, by introducing a local inversion symmetry breaking perturbation that also breaks the eTRS, we can lift the degeneracy to obtain spin-polarized Fermi surfaces. In the weak-coupling limit, the spin-polarized Fermi surfaces constrain the electrons to form spin-triplet Cooper pairs with odd parity. Interestingly, all the odd-parity superconducting ground states we obtained host nontrivial band topologies manifested as chiral topological superconductors, second-order topological superconductors, and nodal superconductors. We propose that double perovskite oxides with collinear antiferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic ordering, such as SrLaVMoO_{6}, are promising candidate systems where our theoretical ideas can be applied to.
我们提出了一种在具有反演对称性的金属共线反铁磁体中实现奇宇称自旋三重态(OPST)超导的途径。由于存在隐藏的反幺正对称性,我们称之为有效时间反演对称性(eTRS),普通反铁磁金属的费米面通常是自旋简并的,并且自旋单重态配对更受青睐。然而,通过引入一个也会破坏eTRS的局域反演对称性破缺微扰,我们可以消除简并以获得自旋极化的费米面。在弱耦合极限下,自旋极化的费米面限制电子形成具有奇宇称的自旋三重态库珀对。有趣的是,我们得到的所有奇宇称超导基态都具有非平凡的能带拓扑结构,表现为手性拓扑超导体、二阶拓扑超导体和节点超导体。我们提出,具有共线反铁磁或亚铁磁序的双钙钛矿氧化物,如SrLaVMoO₆,是有望应用我们理论想法的候选体系。