Induction of p-wave and d-wave order parameters in s-wave superconductors with light pulses

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Auteurs principaux: Yerzhakov, Hennadii, Balatsky, Alexander
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author Yerzhakov, Hennadii
Balatsky, Alexander
author_facet Yerzhakov, Hennadii
Balatsky, Alexander
contents We construct a generalized time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model to demonstrate the possibility of inducing p- and d-wave components in an originally pure s-wave centrosymmetric superconductor via microwave radiation. In this framework, specializing to $O_h$ point-group symmetry, we introduce gradient terms that couple the s-wave superconducting order parameter with other symmetry-allowed components. The singlet-to-singlet gradient terms are quadratic in spatial derivatives, while, in the presence of spin-orbit coupling, linear-in-derivatives terms coupling singlet and triplet order parameters are also permitted. Through the minimal substitution procedure, these terms enable coupling between different superconducting order parameters via the vector potential, thereby leading to the generation of p-wave, d-wave, and other symmetry-allowed components. Such a manipulation of the superconducting state locally via a microwave beam could be considered as one more facet of the concept of quantum printing.
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spellingShingle Induction of p-wave and d-wave order parameters in s-wave superconductors with light pulses
Yerzhakov, Hennadii
Balatsky, Alexander
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We construct a generalized time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model to demonstrate the possibility of inducing p- and d-wave components in an originally pure s-wave centrosymmetric superconductor via microwave radiation. In this framework, specializing to $O_h$ point-group symmetry, we introduce gradient terms that couple the s-wave superconducting order parameter with other symmetry-allowed components. The singlet-to-singlet gradient terms are quadratic in spatial derivatives, while, in the presence of spin-orbit coupling, linear-in-derivatives terms coupling singlet and triplet order parameters are also permitted. Through the minimal substitution procedure, these terms enable coupling between different superconducting order parameters via the vector potential, thereby leading to the generation of p-wave, d-wave, and other symmetry-allowed components. Such a manipulation of the superconducting state locally via a microwave beam could be considered as one more facet of the concept of quantum printing.
title Induction of p-wave and d-wave order parameters in s-wave superconductors with light pulses
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09391