Strain induced flat-band superconductivity and symmetry breaking

Superconductivity in single-layer graphene has attracted considerable interest. Here, using the determinant quantum Monte Carlo method, we study transitions of superconductivity and magnetism in a graphene monolayer with a special periodic strain. Consistent with experiments, the deformation accumul...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-05
Main Authors: Meng, Jingyao, Ma, Runyu, Ma, Tianxing, Hai-Qing Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiferromagnetism
Broken symmetry
Energy gap
Ferromagnetism
Graphene
Monte Carlo simulation
Superconductivity
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Summary:Superconductivity in single-layer graphene has attracted considerable interest. Here, using the determinant quantum Monte Carlo method, we study transitions of superconductivity and magnetism in a graphene monolayer with a special periodic strain. Consistent with experiments, the deformation accumulates a series of flat bands, whose robustness under interaction is verified through electron localization in real space. During the reconstruction of the band structure, the superconductivity appears in flat band range with next-nearest neighbor d+id pairing symmetry dominating other modes and is accompanied by ferromagnetism caused by symmetry breaking. We also demonstrate that the strain-induced symmetry breaking would accumulate an energy-gap antiferromagnetic insulating phase at half filling even under the limitation of not strong enough interaction, which shows its potential as a platform that exhibits strongly correlated phenomena.
ISSN:2331-8422