Pervasive spin-triplet superconductivity in rhombohedral graphene
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| author | Kumar, Manish Waleffe, Derek Okounkova, Anna Tejani, Raveel Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne Folk, Joshua Yankowitz, Matthew |
| author_facet | Kumar, Manish Waleffe, Derek Okounkova, Anna Tejani, Raveel Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne Folk, Joshua Yankowitz, Matthew |
| contents | Magnetic fields typically suppress superconductivity once the Zeeman energy exceeds the pairing gap, unless mechanisms such as unconventional pairing, strong spin-orbit coupling, or intrinsic magnetism intervene. Several graphene platforms realize such mitigating routes, exhibiting superconductivity resilient to magnetic fields. Here we report superconductivity in rhombohedral heptalayer graphene that is both induced and stabilized by in-plane magnetic field ($B_{\parallel}$), with critical fields far beyond the Pauli paramagnetic limit. The superconductivity spans a wide gate range and emerges from a sharp zero-field resistive ridge that tracks approximately constant conduction band filling. The presence of zero-field superconductivity and the evolution of the critical temperature with $B_{\parallel}$ are highly gate sensitive. We also observe a weak superconducting diode effect in several distinct regimes within the superconducting phase, including nearby to an integer quantum anomalous Hall state generated by a boron nitride moiré superlattice, indicating a potential coexistence of valley imbalance and superconductivity. These results establish several intriguing new properties of spin-triplet, field-induced superconductivity in a thick rhombohedral graphene stack. |
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| spellingShingle | Pervasive spin-triplet superconductivity in rhombohedral graphene Kumar, Manish Waleffe, Derek Okounkova, Anna Tejani, Raveel Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne Folk, Joshua Yankowitz, Matthew Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity Magnetic fields typically suppress superconductivity once the Zeeman energy exceeds the pairing gap, unless mechanisms such as unconventional pairing, strong spin-orbit coupling, or intrinsic magnetism intervene. Several graphene platforms realize such mitigating routes, exhibiting superconductivity resilient to magnetic fields. Here we report superconductivity in rhombohedral heptalayer graphene that is both induced and stabilized by in-plane magnetic field ($B_{\parallel}$), with critical fields far beyond the Pauli paramagnetic limit. The superconductivity spans a wide gate range and emerges from a sharp zero-field resistive ridge that tracks approximately constant conduction band filling. The presence of zero-field superconductivity and the evolution of the critical temperature with $B_{\parallel}$ are highly gate sensitive. We also observe a weak superconducting diode effect in several distinct regimes within the superconducting phase, including nearby to an integer quantum anomalous Hall state generated by a boron nitride moiré superlattice, indicating a potential coexistence of valley imbalance and superconductivity. These results establish several intriguing new properties of spin-triplet, field-induced superconductivity in a thick rhombohedral graphene stack. |
| title | Pervasive spin-triplet superconductivity in rhombohedral graphene |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16578 |