Topological hydrodynamics in spin-triplet superconductors

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Main Authors: Dao, Chau, Kleinherbers, Eric, Brekke, Bjørnulf, Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav
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author Dao, Chau
Kleinherbers, Eric
Brekke, Bjørnulf
Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav
author_facet Dao, Chau
Kleinherbers, Eric
Brekke, Bjørnulf
Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav
contents Due to the structure of the underlying SO(3) $\mathbf d$-vector order parameter, spin triplet superconductors exhibit a bulk-edge correspondence linking the circulation of supercurrent to the bulk magnetic skyrmion density, giving rise to topological hydrodynamics of magnetic skyrmions. To probe the interplay of charge and spin dynamics, we propose a blueprint for a spin-triplet superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), which functions without a Josephson weak link. The triplet SQUID undergoes nonsingular $4π$ phase slips, in which current relaxation is facilitated by spin dynamics that trace out a magnetic skyrmion texture. Inductively coupling the device to a tank circuit and probing the nonlinear supercurrent response via Oersted field measurements could provide an experimental signature of ferromagnetic spin-triplet superconductivity.
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spellingShingle Topological hydrodynamics in spin-triplet superconductors
Dao, Chau
Kleinherbers, Eric
Brekke, Bjørnulf
Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
Due to the structure of the underlying SO(3) $\mathbf d$-vector order parameter, spin triplet superconductors exhibit a bulk-edge correspondence linking the circulation of supercurrent to the bulk magnetic skyrmion density, giving rise to topological hydrodynamics of magnetic skyrmions. To probe the interplay of charge and spin dynamics, we propose a blueprint for a spin-triplet superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), which functions without a Josephson weak link. The triplet SQUID undergoes nonsingular $4π$ phase slips, in which current relaxation is facilitated by spin dynamics that trace out a magnetic skyrmion texture. Inductively coupling the device to a tank circuit and probing the nonlinear supercurrent response via Oersted field measurements could provide an experimental signature of ferromagnetic spin-triplet superconductivity.
title Topological hydrodynamics in spin-triplet superconductors
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06758