Magnetization amplification in interlayer superconductivity
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Abstract
A recent experiment on the bulk compound 4Hb-TaS$_2$ reveals an unusual time-reversal-symmetry-breaking superconducting state that possesses a magnetic memory not manifest in the normal state [1]. Here we provide a possible mechanism for this observation by studying the magnetic and electronic properties of 4Hb-TaS$_2$. We discuss the criterion for a vanishingly small magnetization in the normal state in terms of the spin and orbital magnetizations. Based on 4Hb-TaS$_2$'s centrosymmetry and Fermi surface structure, we propose a simple mechanism that gives rise to the experimentally observed magnetic memory in the 4Hb-TaS$_2$ superconducting state: ferromagnetism mediated interlayer superconductivity that leads to amplified magnetization in the superconducting state. We discuss how this superconducting state can be probed experimentally in terms of spin polarized superconducting vortices.
*This project was supported by the EPiQS program of the Gordon and Betty Foundation.
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Publication: [1] Persky, Eylon, et al. "Magnetic memory and spontaneous vortices in a van der Waals superconductor." Nature 607.7920 (2022): 692-696.
Presenters
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Chunxiao Liu
- University of California, Berkeley