[Seung Hun Lee, Hong Chul Choi, Prof. Bohm-Jung Yang] Odd-parity spin-triplet superconductivity in centrosymmetric antiferromagnetic metals
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 SrLaVMoO6, are promising candidate systems where our theoretical ideas can be applied to.
Authors: Seung Hun Lee (서울대, IBS CCES), Hong Chul Choi (서울대, IBS CCES), and Bohm-Jung Yang (서울대, IBS CCES)
Publication date: 10 February 2021