Nematic order driven by superconducting correlations

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2021.168494MaRDI QIDQ2063537zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Finn Lasse Buessen, Sopheak Sorn, Arun Paramekanti, Ivar Martin

Publication date 11 January 2022

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03174

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

Abstract: The interplay of nematicity and superconductivity has been observed in a wide variety of quantum materials. To explore this interplay, we consider a two-dimensional (2D) array of nematogens, local droplets with $Z_3$ nematicity, coupled to a network of Josephson junction wires. Using finite temperature classical Monte Carlo simulations, we elucidate the phase diagram of this model and show that the development of superconducting correlations and the directional delocalization of Cooper pairs can promote nematogen ordering, resulting in long-range nematic order. We obtain the transport properties of our model within an effective resistor network picture. We discuss these ideas in the context of the 2D electron gas at the (111) KTaO${}_3$ interface and the doped topological insulators Nb${}_x$Bi${}_2$Se${}_3$ and Cu${}_x$Bi${}_2$Se${}_3$. Our work makes contact with Phil Anderson's numerous contributions to broken symmetries driven by the saving of kinetic energy, including double exchange ferromagnetism and the interlayer tunneling theory of high $T_c$ superconductivity.

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