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Distinguishing nodal and nonunitary superconductivity in quasiparticle interference of an Ising superconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling: an example of NbSe2

2024/07/15 by Jozef Haniš, Haniš, Jozef, Marko Milivojević +3
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Iron-based superconductors research #Rare-earth and actinide compounds #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #Topological Materials and Phenomena

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2407.10498

openalex publication_date 2024/07/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The NbSe2 monolayer with Rashba spin-orbit coupling represents a paradigmatic example of an Ising superconductor on a substrate. Using a single-band model and symmetry analysis, we present general superconducting pairing functions beyond the nearest-neighbor approximation, uncovering new types of gap functions, including the nodal singlet gap function and the triplet non-unitary pairing function that breaks time-reversal symmetry. The non-unitarity builts in the asymmetrical band dispersion in the superconducting quasiparticle energy spectra. Performing exact T-matrix calculations of quasiparticle interference due to a single scalar impurity scattering, we found that the interference patterns possess characteristic features distinguishing the type of pairing and possible nematic and chiral symmetry violations.

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