Jin Jin-Tao, Jiang Kun, Yao Hong, Zhou Yi
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Phys Rev Lett. 2022 Oct 14;129(16):167001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.167001.
We show that spontaneous time-reversal-symmetry (TRS) breaking can naturally arise from the interplay between pair density wave (PDW) ordering at multiple momenta and nesting of Fermi surfaces (FSs). Concretely, we consider the PDW superconductivity on a hexagonal lattice with nested FS at 3/4 electron filling, which is related to a recently discovered superconductor CsV_{3}Sb_{5}. Because of nesting of the FSs, each momentum k on the FS has at least two counterparts -k±Q_{α} (α=1, 2, 3) on the FS to form finite momentum (±Q_{α}) Cooper pairs, resulting in a TRS and inversion broken PDW state with stable Bogoliubov Fermi pockets. Various spectra, including (local) density of states, electron spectral function, and the effect of quasiparticle interference, have been investigated. The partial melting of the PDW will give rise to 4×4 and (4/sqrt[3])×(4/sqrt[3]) charge density wave (CDW) orders, in addition to the 2×2 CDW. Possible implications to real materials such as CsV_{3}Sb_{5} and future experiments have been discussed further.
我们表明,自发的时间反演对称性(TRS)破缺可以自然地源于多个动量处的配对密度波(PDW)有序化与费米面(FS)嵌套之间的相互作用。具体而言,我们考虑在具有嵌套FS且电子填充率为3/4的六角晶格上的PDW超导性,这与最近发现的超导体CsV₃Sb₅有关。由于FS的嵌套,FS上的每个动量k在FS上至少有两个对应物 -k±Qα(α = 1, 2, 3),以形成有限动量(±Qα)的库珀对,从而导致具有稳定的博戈留波夫费米口袋的TRS和宇称破缺的PDW态。已经研究了各种光谱,包括(局域)态密度、电子能谱函数以及准粒子干涉的影响。除了2×2电荷密度波(CDW)之外,PDW的部分熔化还将产生4×4和(4/√3)×(4/√3)电荷密度波(CDW)有序化。进一步讨论了对诸如CsV₃Sb₅等实际材料以及未来实验的可能影响。