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Odd-frequency Berezinskii superconductivity in Dirac semimetals

P. O. Sukhachov, Vladimir Juričić, and A. V. Balatsky
Phys. Rev. B 100, 180502(R) – Published 11 November 2019
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Abstract

We formulate a general framework for addressing both odd- and even-frequency superconductivity in Dirac semimetals and demonstrate that the odd-frequency or the Berezinskii pairing can naturally appear in these materials because of the chirality degree of freedom. We show that repulsive frequency-dependent interactions favor the Berezinskii pairing while an attractive electron-electron interaction allows for the BCS pairing. In the case of Dirac and Weyl semimetals at the charge neutrality point, both the conventional BCS and odd-frequency Berezinskii pairings require critical coupling. Since these pairings could originate from physically different mechanisms, our findings pave the way for controlling the realization of the Berezinskii superconductivity in topological semimetals. We also present the density of states with several cusplike features that can serve as an experimentally verifiable signature of the odd-frequency gap.

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  • Received 9 September 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.180502

©2019 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

P. O. Sukhachov1,*, Vladimir Juričić1,†, and A. V. Balatsky1,2,‡

  • 1Nordita, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, Roslagstullsbacken 23, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA

  • *pavlo.sukhachov@su.se
  • vladimir.juricic@nordita.org
  • avb@nordita.org

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Vol. 100, Iss. 18 — 1 November 2019

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