Superconducting collective Leggett modes in single-layer 1H-NbSe2

ORAL

Abstract

The superconducting state of single-layer 1H-NbSe2 has recently been shown to display several surprising features, including our report of the existence of a bosonic mode intrinsic to the superconducting state seen as a set of resonances in tunneling spectra, which show a clear anticorrelation with the superconducting gap. We have argued that these resonances can be interpreted as a Leggett-like superconducting collective mode associated to a subleading f-wave triplet channel. In this talk, I will present a calculation of the Leggett mode energy using a simplified continuum model for NbSe2. I will discuss how our model compares with the experimental data, discuss the origin of the anticorrelation, and argue that it provides support to the competing pairing scenario, with a sizable attraction in the subleading triplet channel.

*I acknowledge support by a FPU predoctoral contract from MEFP No. FPU19/03195.

Publication: W. Wan, et al., arXiv:2101.04050 (2021).

Presenters

  • Daniel Muñoz-Segovia

    • Donostia International Physics Center

Authors

  • Daniel Muñoz-Segovia

    • Donostia International Physics Center
  • Wen Wan

    • Donostia International Physics Center
  • Paul L Dreher

    • Donostia International Physics Center
  • Rishav Harsh

    • Donostia International Physics Center
  • Francisco Guinea

    • IMDEA Nanoscience
    • Imdea Nanociencia
  • Fernando De Juan

    • Donostia International Physics Center
  • Miguel M Ugeda

    • Donostia International Physics Center