Surface-acoustic-wave-induced unconventional superconducting pairing

Journal Article (2022)
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Viktoriia Kornich (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, TU Delft - QN/Nazarov Group)

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https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.5.1.005 Final published version
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2022
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English
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5
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005
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Abstract

Unconventional superconductivity is usually associated with symmetry breaking in the system. Here we consider a simple setup consisting of a solid state material with conduction electrons and an applied surface acoustic wave (SAW), that can break time and spatial translation symmetries. We study the symmetries of the possible SAW-induced order parameters, showing that even-frequency spin-triplet odd-parity order parameter can occur. We suggest different methods of how to engineer the symmetries of the order parameters using SAWs and the applications of such setups.