Superconductivity and local inversion-symmetry breaking

MH Fischer, M Sigrist, DF Agterberg… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Inversion and time reversal are essential symmetries for the structure of Cooper pairs in
superconductors. The loss of one or both leads to modifications to this structure and can …

Field-induced transition within the superconducting state of CeRh2As2

S Khim, JF Landaeta, J Banda, N Bannor, M Brando… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Materials with multiple superconducting phases are rare. Here, we report the discovery of
two-phase unconventional superconductivity in CeRh2As2. Using thermodynamic probes …

Uncovering spin-orbit coupling-independent hidden spin polarization of energy bands in antiferromagnets

LD Yuan, X Zhang, CM Acosta, A Zunger - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Many textbook physical effects in crystals are enabled by some specific symmetries. In
contrast to such 'apparent effects','hidden effect X'refers to the general condition where the …

Coupled Spin-Valley, Rashba Effect, and Hidden Spin Polarization in WSi2N4 Family

S Sheoran, S Monga, A Phutela… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Using first-principles calculations, we report the electronic properties with a special focus on
the band splitting in the WSi2N4 class of materials. Due to the broken inversion symmetry …

Revealing hidden spin-momentum locking in a high-temperature cuprate superconductor

K Gotlieb, CY Lin, M Serbyn, W Zhang, CL Smallwood… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Cuprate superconductors have long been thought of as having strong electronic correlations
but negligible spin-orbit coupling. Using spin-and angle-resolved photoemission …

Even-odd parity transition in strongly correlated locally noncentrosymmetric superconductors: Application to

K Nogaki, Y Yanase - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The discovery of the multiple HT phase diagram of CeRh 2 As 2 offers a new route to
designing topological superconductors. Although weak-coupling theories explain the …

Large spin–orbit torque in bismuthate-based heterostructures

AL Edgeton, IA Harris, NG Campbell, Y Chai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The wider application of spintronic devices requires the development of new material
platforms that can efficiently be used to manipulate spin. Bismuthate-based superconductors …

Role of hidden spin polarization in nonreciprocal transport of antiferromagnets

W Chen, M Gu, J Li, P Wang, Q Liu - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The discovery of hidden spin polarization (HSP) in centrosymmetric nonmagnetic crystals,
ie, spatially distributed spin polarization originated from local symmetry breaking, has …

Uncovering and tailoring hidden Rashba spin–orbit splitting in centrosymmetric crystals

L Yuan, Q Liu, X Zhang, JW Luo, SS Li… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Hidden Rashba and Dresselhaus spin splittings in centrosymmetric crystals with
subunits/sectors having non-centrosymmetric symmetries (the R-2 and D-2 effects) have …

Topological Superconductivity in an Extended -Wave Superconductor and Its Implication to Iron-Based Superconductors

S Qin, C Fang, FC Zhang, J Hu - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
In the presence of both space and time reversal symmetries, an s-wave A 1 g
superconducting state is usually topologically trivial. Here, we demonstrate that an exception …