- Letter
Electron pairing by dispersive phonons in altermagnets: Reentrant superconductivity and continuous transition to finite momentum superconducting state
Phys. Rev. B 111, L220503 – Published 11 June, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/6wxh-p4mc
Abstract
We consider an altermagnet subject to the electron attractive potential mediated by bosonic excitations. While altermagnetism suppresses superconductivity, the scattering of electrons on the Fermi surface by thermal bosons suppresses altermagnetism. We show that this leads to the reentrant superconductivity over temperature and to the stabilization of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov finite momentum superconducting phase at low temperatures. The effect is mediated by the retardation effects and thus no -wave pairing interaction is required.