Superconductivity and spin–orbit coupling in non-centrosymmetric materials: a review

M Smidman, MB Salamon, HQ Yuan… - Reports on Progress in …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In non-centrosymmetric superconductors, where the crystal structure lacks a centre of
inversion, parity is no longer a good quantum number and an electronic antisymmetric spin …

Protected boundary states in gapless topological phases

S Matsuura, PY Chang, AP Schnyder… - New Journal of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We systematically study gapless topological phases of (semi-) metals and nodal
superconductors described by Bloch and Bogoliubov–de Gennes Hamiltonians. Using K …

Detection of Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking in the Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor Using Muon-Spin Spectroscopy

RP Singh, AD Hillier, B Mazidian, J Quintanilla… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We have investigated the superconducting state of the noncentrosymmetric compound Re 6
Zr using magnetization, heat capacity, and muon-spin relaxation or rotation (μ SR) …

Noncentrosymmetric superconductor with a bulk three-dimensional Dirac cone gapped by strong spin-orbit coupling

MN Ali, QD Gibson, T Klimczuk, RJ Cava - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The layered, noncentrosymmetric heavy element PbTaSe 2 is found to be superconducting.
We report its electronic properties accompanied by electronic-structure calculations. Specific …

Unconventional Superconductivity in Revealed by Muon Spin Relaxation: Introducing a New Family of Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor That Breaks Time …

JAT Barker, D Singh, A Thamizhavel, AD Hillier… - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
The superconductivity of the noncentrosymmetric compound La 7 Ir 3 is investigated using
muon spin rotation and relaxation. Zero-field measurements reveal the presence of …

Time-reversal symmetry breaking in the noncentrosymmetric superconductor : Further evidence for unconventional behavior in the -Mn family of materials

D Singh, JAT Barker, A Thamizhavel, DMK Paul… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The discovery of new families of unconventional superconductors is important both
experimentally and theoretically, especially if it challenges current models and thinking. By …

TaRh2B2 and NbRh2B2: Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure

EM Carnicom, W Xie, T Klimczuk, J Lin, K Górnicka… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
It is a fundamental truth in solid compounds that the physical properties follow the symmetry
of the crystal structure. Nowhere is the effect of symmetry more pronounced than in the …

Locally non-centrosymmetric superconductivity in multilayer systems

D Maruyama, M Sigrist, Y Yanase - Journal of the Physical Society of …, 2012 - journals.jps.jp
Although multilayer systems possess global inversion symmetry, some of the layers lack
local inversion symmetry because no global inversion centers are present on such layers …

Superconducting and normal-state properties of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor

JAT Barker, BD Breen, R Hanson, AD Hillier, MR Lees… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The noncentrosymmetric superconductor, Re 3 Ta, has been characterized in detail with a
combination of magnetization, heat capacity, and electrical resistivity measurements, as well …

Superconductors with noncentrosymmetric crystal structures

M Naskar, PK Mishra, S Ash, AK Ganguli - Bulletin of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
The area of superconductivity has got more fascinating after the discovery of
superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric crystal structures. Experimental evidence for …