The physics of pair-density waves: cuprate superconductors and beyond

DF Agterberg, JCS Davis, SD Edkins… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We review the physics of pair-density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a
macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge …

Spin-polarized supercurrents for spintronics: a review of current progress

M Eschrig - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
During the past 15 years a new field has emerged, which combines superconductivity and
spintronics, with the goal to pave a way for new types of devices for applications combining …

Unconventional superconductivity

GR Stewart - Advances in Physics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
'Conventional'superconductivity, as used in this review, refers to electron–phonon-coupled
superconducting electron pairs described by BCS theory. Unconventional superconductivity …

Superconducting spin smecticity evidencing the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in Sr2RuO4

K Kinjo, M Manago, S Kitagawa, ZQ Mao, S Yonezawa… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Translational symmetry breaking is antagonistic to static fluidity but can be realized in
superconductors, which host a quantum-mechanical coherent fluid formed by electron pairs …

Electronic structure trends across the rare-earth series in superconducting infinite-layer nickelates

E Been, WS Lee, HY Hwang, Y Cui, J Zaanen… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The recent discovery of superconductivity in oxygen-reduced monovalent nickelates has
raised a new platform for the study of unconventional superconductivity, with similarities to …

Exotic superconducting states in FeSe-based materials

T Shibauchi, T Hanaguri, Y Matsuda - Journal of the Physical Society …, 2020 - journals.jps.jp
High-temperature superconductivity and a wide variety of exotic superconducting states
discovered in FeSe-based materials have been at the frontier of research on condensed …

Spin-imbalance in a one-dimensional Fermi gas

Y Liao, ASC Rittner, T Paprotta, W Li, GB Partridge… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Superconductivity and magnetism generally do not coexist. Changing the relative number of
up and down spin electrons disrupts the basic mechanism of superconductivity, where …

Evidence of Spin Density Waves in

K Chen, X Liu, J Jiao, M Zou, C Jiang, X Li, Y Luo… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The recently discovered superconductivity with critical temperature T c up to 80 K in the
double-layer Nickelate La 3 Ni 2 O 7-δ under pressure has drawn great attention. Here, we …

Smectic pair-density-wave order in EuRbFe4As4

H Zhao, R Blackwell, M Thinel, T Handa, S Ishida… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The pair density wave (PDW) is a superconducting state in which Cooper pairs carry centre-
of-mass momentum in equilibrium, leading to the breaking of translational symmetry …

Imaging Cooper pairing of heavy fermions in CeCoIn5

MP Allan, F Massee, DK Morr, J Van Dyke, AW Rost… - Nature physics, 2013 - nature.com
The Cooper pairing mechanism of heavy fermionsuperconductors,,,, long thought to be due
to spin fluctuations,,, has not yet been determined. It is the momentum space (k-space) …