2005/12/13 by Vladimir I. Fal’ko, Vladimir I. Fal'ko, Boris N. Narozhny +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Rare-earth and actinide compounds #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.74.012501
published as Phys. Rev. B 74, 012501 (2006)
arxiv created 2005/12/13 · openalex publication_date 2006/07/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a microscopic mechanism for spin-dependent attraction in a metal leading to triplet pairing, which is caused by spin-orbit-assisted coupling between electrons and optical phonons in crystals with complex unit cells. Using two examples of crystals with either a cubic or a layered square lattice, we show that spin-orbit-assisted electron-phonon coupling generates triplet pairing with uniquely predetermined tensor structure of the p-wave order parameter.