• 文献标题:   Chiral superconductivity from repulsive interactions in doped graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NANDKISHORE R, LEVITOV LS, CHUBUKOV AV
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1745-2473 EI 1745-2481
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Wisconsin
  • 被引频次:   326
  • DOI:   10.1038/NPHYS2208
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Chiral superconductivity, which breaks time-reversal symmetry, can exhibit a wealth of fascinating properties that are highly sought after for nanoscience applications. We identify doped graphene monolayer as a system where chiral superconductivity can be realized. In this material, a unique situation arises at a doping where the Fermi surface is nested and the density of states is singular. In this regime, d-wave superconductivity can emerge from repulsive electron-electron interactions. Using a renormalization group method, we argue that superconductivity dominates over all competing orders for generic weak repulsive interactions. Superconductivity develops simultaneously in two degenerate d-wave pairing channels. We argue that the resulting superconducting state is of chiral type, with the phase of the superconducting order parameter winding by 4 pi around the Fermi surface. Realization of this state in doped graphene will prove that superconductivity can emerge from electron-electron repulsion, and will open the door to applications of chiral superconductivity.