Pairing symmetry and spontaneous vortex-antivortex lattice in superconducting twisted bilayer graphene: A Bogoliubov-de Gennes approach

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Abstract

We study the superconducting pairing symmetry in twisted bilayer graphene by solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation for all electrons in Moir\'{e} supercells. With increasing the pairing potential, the system evolves from the mixed non-topological $d+id$ and $p+ip$ phase to the $s+p+d$ phase via the first order phase transition. In the time-reversal symmetry breaking $d+id$ and $p+ip$ phase, vortex and antivortex lattice accompanying spontaneous supercurrent are induced by the twist. The superconducting order parameter is nonuniform in the Moir\'{e} unit cell. Nevertheless, the superconducting gap in the local density of states is identical in the unit cell. The twist induced vortices and non-topological nature of the mixed $d+id$ and $p+ip$ phase are not captured by the existing effective models. Our results suggest the importance of long-range pairing interaction for effective models.

*Computer resources for numerical calculations were supported by the Institutional Computing Program at LANL. This work was carried out under the auspices of the U.S. DOE Award No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 through the LDRD program, and was supported by the Center for Nonlinear Studies at LANL and the U.S. DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences Program E3B5 (S.-Z. L.).

Presenters

  • Shizeng Lin

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Authors

  • Shizeng Lin

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Ying Su

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory