Topological superconductivity with mixed singlet-triplet pairing in moiré transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers
- 1. Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology, AGH University of Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
- 2. Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Description
We investigate strong coupling topological superconductivity in twisted moiré bilayer . Our approach is based on an effective model with displacement-field-dependent complex hoppings, which is treated with the variational Gutzwiller projection method. The calculated phase diagram contains domes of topologically nontrivial superconducting phases, with Chern numbers . The order parameter is characterized by a mixed ()-wave (singlet) and ()-wave (triplet) gap symmetry. We also report on the appearance of an additional topologically trivial extended -wave and -wave paired phases. As we show, by changing the electron density and displacement field, one can tune the singlet and triplet contributions to the pairing, as well as induce topological phase transitions between superconducting states characterized by different values of the Chern number. We analyze the physical origin of the reported effects and discuss it briefly in the view of new possibilities for designing unconventional superconductivity in moiré systems.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.064516;
- arXiv
- arXiv:2403.05903;
- Crossref Funder ID
- 10.13039/501100004281; 10.13039/501100001711; 10.13039/501100014410;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review B
- Journal Volume
- 110
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- 11 pgs.
- ISSN
- 1550-235X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BCS THEORY; COUPLINGS; ELECTRON DENSITY; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY-LEVEL DENSITY; LAYERS; ORDER PARAMETERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; S WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTORS; SYMMETRY; TOPOLOGY; TRIPLETS; VARIATIONAL METHODS
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; DIAGRAMS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPLETS; PARTIAL WAVES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- ©2024 American Physical Society
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- 2021/42/E/ST3/00128; TMSGI2_211296
- Notes
- Contact Email: Contact author: michal.zegrodnik@agh.edu.pl; Record automatically processed
- Funding organization
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki; Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung; Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie