Published September 3, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Distinguishing nodal and nonunitary superconductivity in quasiparticle interference of an Ising superconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling: The example of NbSe2

  • 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 NbSe2 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 T-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.

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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

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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