Pressure-Induced Superconducting-like Transition in the $\it d$-wave Altermagnet Candidate CsV$_2$Se$_2$O

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Main Authors: Li, Yuanzhe, Han, Yilin, Yang, Liu, He, Wanli, Ye, Pengda, Huang, Wencheng, Qiao, Jiabin, Li, Yuemei, Sun, Xiaodong, He, Tingli, Han, Jiayi, Chen, Yuxiang, Tian, Ruifeng, Sun, Hao, Liu, Yuwei, Wu, Feng, Song, Baoshan, Liu, Zhengtai, Ye, Mao, Huang, Yaobo, Ozawa, Kenichi, Dai, Ji, Tallarida, Massimo, Cui, Shengtao, Chen, Jie, Jin, Meiling, Zheng, Wayne, Chen, Chaoyu, Wang, Zhiwei, Yu, Zhi-Ming, Li, Xiang, Yao, Yugui
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author Li, Yuanzhe
Han, Yilin
Yang, Liu
He, Wanli
Ye, Pengda
Huang, Wencheng
Qiao, Jiabin
Li, Yuemei
Sun, Xiaodong
He, Tingli
Han, Jiayi
Chen, Yuxiang
Tian, Ruifeng
Sun, Hao
Liu, Yuwei
Wu, Feng
Song, Baoshan
Liu, Zhengtai
Ye, Mao
Huang, Yaobo
Ozawa, Kenichi
Dai, Ji
Tallarida, Massimo
Cui, Shengtao
Chen, Jie
Jin, Meiling
Zheng, Wayne
Chen, Chaoyu
Wang, Zhiwei
Yu, Zhi-Ming
Li, Xiang
Yao, Yugui
author_facet Li, Yuanzhe
Han, Yilin
Yang, Liu
He, Wanli
Ye, Pengda
Huang, Wencheng
Qiao, Jiabin
Li, Yuemei
Sun, Xiaodong
He, Tingli
Han, Jiayi
Chen, Yuxiang
Tian, Ruifeng
Sun, Hao
Liu, Yuwei
Wu, Feng
Song, Baoshan
Liu, Zhengtai
Ye, Mao
Huang, Yaobo
Ozawa, Kenichi
Dai, Ji
Tallarida, Massimo
Cui, Shengtao
Chen, Jie
Jin, Meiling
Zheng, Wayne
Chen, Chaoyu
Wang, Zhiwei
Yu, Zhi-Ming
Li, Xiang
Yao, Yugui
contents Altermagnetism generates exchange-type spin splitting without net magnetization and, in its $\it d$-wave form, resembles the angular symmetry of unconventional $\it d$-wave superconductivity. Whether this correspondence bears directly on superconducting instabilities in real correlated materials remains open. Here we study the quasi-two-dimensional vanadium oxychalcogenide CsV$_2$Se$_2$O (CVSO), a square-net $\it d$-wave altermagnet candidate, through combined experimental and theoretical investigation of its lattice structure, electronic structure and transport properties. At ambient pressure, CVSO is a weakly insulating parent state with a density-wave-like anomaly near 100 K, and its bulk properties are most consistent with a G-type compensated antiferromagnetic background. Under compression, the density-wave-like feature is suppressed, the magnetoresistance evolves from predominantly negative to positive, and a superconducting-like resistive downturn emerges below about 3 K. This low-temperature anomaly is reproducible across samples and pressure media, and is suppressed by magnetic field. Room-temperature X-ray diffraction reveals no symmetry lowering, whereas does show a pronounced compressibility anomaly over the same pressure range. CVSO thus reveals a pressure-tuned phase diagram in which a reconstructed weakly insulating parent state gives way to strange-metal-like transport and superconducting-like behavior, echoing broader phenomenology associated with unconventional superconductors, including cuprates and nickelates.
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spellingShingle Pressure-Induced Superconducting-like Transition in the $\it d$-wave Altermagnet Candidate CsV$_2$Se$_2$O
Li, Yuanzhe
Han, Yilin
Yang, Liu
He, Wanli
Ye, Pengda
Huang, Wencheng
Qiao, Jiabin
Li, Yuemei
Sun, Xiaodong
He, Tingli
Han, Jiayi
Chen, Yuxiang
Tian, Ruifeng
Sun, Hao
Liu, Yuwei
Wu, Feng
Song, Baoshan
Liu, Zhengtai
Ye, Mao
Huang, Yaobo
Ozawa, Kenichi
Dai, Ji
Tallarida, Massimo
Cui, Shengtao
Chen, Jie
Jin, Meiling
Zheng, Wayne
Chen, Chaoyu
Wang, Zhiwei
Yu, Zhi-Ming
Li, Xiang
Yao, Yugui
Superconductivity
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Altermagnetism generates exchange-type spin splitting without net magnetization and, in its $\it d$-wave form, resembles the angular symmetry of unconventional $\it d$-wave superconductivity. Whether this correspondence bears directly on superconducting instabilities in real correlated materials remains open. Here we study the quasi-two-dimensional vanadium oxychalcogenide CsV$_2$Se$_2$O (CVSO), a square-net $\it d$-wave altermagnet candidate, through combined experimental and theoretical investigation of its lattice structure, electronic structure and transport properties. At ambient pressure, CVSO is a weakly insulating parent state with a density-wave-like anomaly near 100 K, and its bulk properties are most consistent with a G-type compensated antiferromagnetic background. Under compression, the density-wave-like feature is suppressed, the magnetoresistance evolves from predominantly negative to positive, and a superconducting-like resistive downturn emerges below about 3 K. This low-temperature anomaly is reproducible across samples and pressure media, and is suppressed by magnetic field. Room-temperature X-ray diffraction reveals no symmetry lowering, whereas does show a pronounced compressibility anomaly over the same pressure range. CVSO thus reveals a pressure-tuned phase diagram in which a reconstructed weakly insulating parent state gives way to strange-metal-like transport and superconducting-like behavior, echoing broader phenomenology associated with unconventional superconductors, including cuprates and nickelates.
title Pressure-Induced Superconducting-like Transition in the $\it d$-wave Altermagnet Candidate CsV$_2$Se$_2$O
topic Superconductivity
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09457