Distinguishing nodal and nonunitary superconductivity in quasiparticle interference of an Ising superconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling: The example of
- 1. Institute of Physics, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
- 2. Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84507 Bratislava, Slovakia
- 3. Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
- 4. Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
Description
The monolayer with Rashba spin-orbit coupling represents a paradigmatic example of an Ising superconductor on a substrate. Using a single-band model and symmetry analysis, we present general superconducting pairing functions beyond the nearest-neighbor approximation, uncovering new types of gap functions, including the nodal singlet gap function and the triplet nonunitary pairing function that breaks time-reversal symmetry. The nonunitarity builts in the asymmetrical band dispersion in the superconducting quasiparticle energy spectra. Performing exact -matrix calculations of quasiparticle interference due to a single scalar impurity scattering, we found that the interference patterns possess characteristic features distinguishing the type of pairing and possible nematic and chiral symmetry violations.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.104502;
- Crossref Funder ID
- 10.13039/501100003193; 10.13039/100010783;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review B
- Journal Volume
- 110
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- 15 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
- APPROXIMATIONS; BAND THEORY; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY SPECTRA; INTERFERENCE; L-S COUPLING; NIOBIUM SELENIDES; PAIRING INTERACTIONS; QUASI PARTICLES; SCATTERING; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTORS; SYMMETRY; TRIPLETS
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- Copyright
- ©2024 American Physical Society
- Notes
- Contact Email: Contact author: jozef.hanis@student.upjs.sk; Contact Email: Contact author: martin.gmitra@upjs.sk; Record automatically processed
- Funding organization
- Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu Slovenskej republiky; Slovenská Akadémia Vied