Trigonal warping enables linear optical spectroscopy in single-valley superconductors

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Main Authors: Levitan, Benjamin A., Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne
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author Levitan, Benjamin A.
Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne
author_facet Levitan, Benjamin A.
Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne
contents In superconductors with multiple pairing channels, Bardasis-Schrieffer modes and clapping modes arise as fluctuations in channels whose angular momenta differ from that of the pair condensate. Crystal symmetries often impose selection rules which keep these modes optically dark. We show that if pairing occurs around a single Fermi surface, trigonal warping renders both of these modes, as well as the quasiparticle excitation gap, visible in the longitudinal and Hall optical responses. Our results suggest that rhombohedral graphene multilayers, which are believed to host the required ingredients, might offer an ideal setting for the study of exotic superconducting collective modes.
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spellingShingle Trigonal warping enables linear optical spectroscopy in single-valley superconductors
Levitan, Benjamin A.
Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne
Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
In superconductors with multiple pairing channels, Bardasis-Schrieffer modes and clapping modes arise as fluctuations in channels whose angular momenta differ from that of the pair condensate. Crystal symmetries often impose selection rules which keep these modes optically dark. We show that if pairing occurs around a single Fermi surface, trigonal warping renders both of these modes, as well as the quasiparticle excitation gap, visible in the longitudinal and Hall optical responses. Our results suggest that rhombohedral graphene multilayers, which are believed to host the required ingredients, might offer an ideal setting for the study of exotic superconducting collective modes.
title Trigonal warping enables linear optical spectroscopy in single-valley superconductors
topic Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09387