Supermodulation-driven evolution of the nodal structure of bismuth-based cuprate superconductors
Phys. Rev. B 112, 064508 – Published 4 August, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/c3mh-4w9z
Abstract
Recent work has shown novel properties of twisted cuprates. In this paper, I point out that related phenomena occur intrinsically in bismuth-based cuprate superconductors due to the presence of the BiO supermodulation. As the ratio of the supermodulation potential to the superconducting energy gap increases, two critical points are found where semi-Dirac nodes form (that is, they have quadratic dispersion in one direction and linear dispersion in the orthogonal direction). The first critical point should be realized in Bi2212, the second in Bi2201. Implications of these findings are discussed.
