Nematic order driven by superconducting correlations

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Main Authors: Buessen, Finn Lasse, Sorn, Sopheak, Martin, Ivar, Paramekanti, Arun
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Published: 2021
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author Buessen, Finn Lasse
Sorn, Sopheak
Martin, Ivar
Paramekanti, Arun
author_facet Buessen, Finn Lasse
Sorn, Sopheak
Martin, Ivar
Paramekanti, Arun
contents 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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spellingShingle Nematic order driven by superconducting correlations
Buessen, Finn Lasse
Sorn, Sopheak
Martin, Ivar
Paramekanti, Arun
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
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.
title Nematic order driven by superconducting correlations
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03174