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Charge and spin current pumping by ultrafast demagnetization dynamics

Jalil Varela-Manjarres, Ali Kefayati, M. Benjamin Jungfleisch, John Q. Xiao, and Branislav K. Nikolić

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060410 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

The authors predict here that nonperiodic magnetization dynamics in the field of ultrafast demagnetization, where a femtosecond laser pulse forces the magnetization vector to shrink without rotating, acts as the second (in addition to light itself) nonequilibrium drive on conduction electrons, leading to charge current pumping. The electromagnetic radiation by such pumped current contains proper spectral features at THz frequencies, as often observed experimentally but not fully understood microscopically. Since the time-dependent quantum transport formalism unraveling this effect also accounts for the well-known spin current pumping by periodic magnetization precession, the present study unifies, from a common microscopic viewpoint, such “low energy” effect with demagnetization dynamics as “higher energy” effect in spintronics.

Environment-adaptive machine learning potentials

Ngoc Cuong Nguyen and Dionysios Sema

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064101 (2024) - Published 14 August, 2024

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIP) have shown great promise in predicting material properties when tailored for specific applications in mind. However, they face limitations when expanded to capture a diverse set of local atomic environments. Here, the authors introduce a novel method to construct environment-adaptive machine-learned (EAML) interatomic potentials by adapting to the local atomic environment of each atom. The approach shows a significant improvement in the accuracy of the EAML potential compared to the current state-of-the-art, paving the way for a new class of MLIPs.

Nanowelding of quantum spin-12 chains at minimal dissipation

Moallison F. Cavalcante, Marcus V. S. Bonança, Eduardo Miranda, and Sebastian Deffner

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064304 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Nonequilibrium phenomena are commonly expected to be nonuniversal, i.e., they depend intricately on the system and processes. Here, the authors show that nevertheless some universal features do persist. They consider the energetic cost of finite-time nano-welding of quantum spin-½ chains. They find that some features depend only on (i) the process speed, (ii) the system’s symmetry, and (iii) the existence of an energy gap. Depending on the strength of SU(2) symmetry breaking, there are striking universalities in (a) the scaling of the cost with the duration time for slowly-varying processes and (b) the functional form of the cost-optimal protocol.

Apparent delay of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in quenched open systems

Roy D. Jara, Jr. and Jayson G. Cosme

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064317 (2024) - Published 20 August, 2024

The authors demonstrate here that, for open systems quenched using finite-ramp protocols, dissipation results in a delay in detecting phase transitions if a threshold-based criterion for an order parameter is used. This leads to a regime for intermediate quench speeds, in which the transition time follows the predicted universal scaling of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, despite the system appearing to enter a new phase after the ramp has ended. Their results highlight the subtleties of experimentally observing phase transitions in open systems.

Benchmarking quantum master equations beyond ultraweak coupling

Camilo Santiago Tello Breuer, Tobias Becker, and André Eckardt

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064319 (2024) - Published 21 August, 2024

Open quantum systems are ubiquitous, however, their description beyond ultraweak system-bath coupling is challenging. The standard Redfield master equation can violate positivity. Recently, Nathan and Rudner proposed an alternative equation, not suffering from this problem. The authors compare here both equations to the exact solution of a simple model. The Redfield equation performs noticeably better for transient dynamics. For the steady state it is slightly better for high temperatures, but fails at low temperatures, where the Nathan-Rudner equation is still accurate.

Spread complexity and localization in PT-symmetric systems

Aranya Bhattacharya, Rathindra Nath Das, Bidyut Dey, and Johanna Erdmenger

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064320 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

This study investigates the behavior of wave functions in parity-time (𝒫𝒯) symmetric quantum systems, focusing on their spread and localization. Using a tight-binding chain model, the authors explore the dynamics under 𝒫𝒯 symmetry and its breaking. By employing innovative quantum information measures, such as complexity, entropy, and inverse participation ratio in Krylov space, they quantify the wave function’s distribution. In the 𝒫𝒯-symmetric phase, the wave function spreads evenly, while 𝒫𝒯 symmetry breaking leads to localization, exemplifying the non-Hermitian skin effect and edge modes.

Disentangling nucleation and propagation of magnetization reversal in exchange-biased thin films

M. Usama Hasan and Geoffrey S. D. Beach

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064424 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

Understanding how exchange bias (EB) –- an effect utilized in many spintronic devices – affects basic magnetization reversal processes like domain nucleation and propagation is important both fundamentally and practically. Here, the authors describe a way to disentangle the EB field for domain nucleation and propagation in thin films. They find that nucleation EB can be quite varied, in contrast to propagation EB, and the two can differ significantly. Among other consequences, this can lead to hysteresis loop asymmetry, a widely observed yet partially understood phenomenon.

Unraveling the magnetic ground state in the alkali-metal lanthanide oxide Na2PrO3

Ifeanyi John Onuorah, Jonathan Frassineti, Qiaochu Wang, Muhammad Maikudi Isah, Pietro Bonfà, Jeffrey G. Rau, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, A. I. Kolesnikov, Vesna F. Mitrović, Samuele Sanna, and Kemp W. Plumb

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064425 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

Here, the authors use muon and neutron spectroscopies to establish the magnetic ground state of the candidate rare-earth Kitaev model compound Na2PrO3. They find that the magnetism is drastically modified from what is required to realize Kitaev physics, and that local atomic physics simultaneously contributes to a vanishing static moment and an intense two-magnon continuum. These findings demonstrate how two hallmarks of quantum fluctuations, a vanishing static magnetic moment and an intense continuum of magnetic excitations, can arise in the absence of magnetic frustration.

Multiband transport in RuO2

Florent Pawula, Ali Fakih, Ramzy Daou, Sylvie Hébert, Natalia Mordvinova, Oleg Lebedev, Denis Pelloquin, and Antoine Maignan

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064432 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

While ruthenium dioxide has been cited as the canonical realization of the altermagnetic state, many recent experimental probes are at odds. Here, the authors demonstrate that transport in single crystals shows no sign of a transition to an altermagnetic state over an extended temperature range up to 1000 K and that the magnetotransport in single crystals is dominated by multiband effects.

Giant microwave absorption in the vortex lattice in s-wave superconductors

T. Liu, M. Smith, A. V. Andreev, and B. Z. Spivak

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064504 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

The authors develop here a theory of microwave absorption in superconductors in the presence of a pinned vortex lattice. They show that, in addition to the conventional absorption mechanism associated with the vortex core motion, there is another mechanism of microwave absorption caused by the time dependence of the quasiparticle density of states outside the vortex cores. This mechanism exists even in the absence of vortex motion, and provides the dominant contribution to microwave absorption in a broad range of parameters.

Fractional AC Josephson effect in a topological insulator proximitized by a self-formed superconductor

Ilan T. Rosen, Christie J. Trimble, Molly P. Andersen, Evgeny Mikheev, Yanbin Li, Yunzhi Liu, Lixuan Tai, Peng Zhang, Kang L. Wang, Yi Cui, M. A. Kastner, James R. Williams, and David Goldhaber-Gordon

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064511 (2024) - Published 21 August, 2024

Josephson junctions with topological weak links should support Majorana bound states, yet are challenging to fabricate without damaging the topological material. Here, the authors evaporate a noble metal onto a (BiSb)2Te3 topological insulator that chemically reacts, creating a self-formed superconductor while minimizing damage. The interface between the superconductor and untouched (BiSb)2Te3 has adequate interface transparency, and the two materials have similar work functions. Under microwave irradiation, they observe suppressed first and third Shapiro steps, which supports the presence of Majorana bound states.

Tc and the elastocaloric effect of Sr2RuO4 under 〈110〉 uniaxial stress: No indications of transition splitting

Fabian Jerzembeck, You-Sheng Li, Grgur Palle, Zhenhai Hu, Mehdi Biderang, Naoki Kikugawa, Dmitry A. Sokolov, Sayak Ghosh, Brad J. Ramshaw, Thomas Scaffidi, Michael Nicklas, Jörg Schmalian, Andrew P. Mackenzie, and Clifford W. Hicks

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064514 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

The superconducting order parameter of Sr2RuO4 is still strongly debated. A key issue is whether it is single- or multi-component. In this study, the authors apply uniaxial pressure to Sr2RuO4 to search for two characteristics of multicomponent superconductivity. Neither of the two signatures were found, and the authors show how tightly these null results constrain attempts to construct a two-component Ginzburg-Landau theory for the order parameter of this famous unconventional superconductor.

Majorana-mediated thermoelectric transport in multiterminal junctions

Raffael L. Klees, Daniel Gresta, Jonathan Sturm, Laurens W. Molenkamp, and Ewelina M. Hankiewicz

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064517 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

The clear identification of Majorana modes remains one of the most challenging unresolved issues in condensed matter physics. The authors explore the thermoelectric properties transverse to quantum-dot-based Josephson junctions in a novel four-terminal configuration. The superconducting phase dependence introduces a distinctive control mechanism that significantly aids in detecting signatures of Majorana states. This is evidenced by their impact on transverse electrical and thermal conductances, the Seebeck coefficient, and the observed violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law.

Flux-tunable Josephson effect in a four-terminal junction

Christian G. Prosko, Wietze D. Huisman, Ivan Kulesh, Di Xiao, Candice Thomas, Michael J. Manfra, and Srijit Goswami

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064518 (2024) - Published 27 August, 2024

The authors measure here a four-terminal Josephson junction within two coupled DC superconducting quantum interference devices. The device behaves as a tunable ϕ0 junction with a nontrivial current-phase relation. Its current-phase relation, and the current-phase relation of other multiterminal junctions including some purported to host Andreev molecule states, are shown to be well described by a network of two-terminal junctions coupling the junction terminals without any Andreev bound state interactions.

Ferroelastic control of magnetic domain structure: Direct imaging by magnetic force microscopy

S. D. Seddon, C. R. S. Haines, T. P. A. Hase, M. R. Lees, L. M. Eng, M. Alexe, and M. A. Carpenter

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060404 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

As the search for more compact data storage continues, crystallographic constraint of magnetic moments remains an important piece of the puzzle. Here, the authors explore these magnetic interactions in pyrrhotite (Fe7S8), a magnetoelastic mineral that exhibits a nanoscale coupling between its ferroelastic and ferromagnetic domains. Careful quantification of the magnetic force microscopy imaging allows for a direct correlation between the bulk magnetic properties (as seen with magnetometry) and local micromagnetic structure, which reveals the ferroelastic twins beneath.

Tunable topological magnetism in superlattices of nonmagnetic B20 systems

Vladislav Borisov, Anna Delin, and Olle Eriksson

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060407 (2024) - Published 8 August, 2024

Here, the authors predict theoretically the emergence of topological magnetism at the interface between the otherwise nonmagnetic B20 compounds FeSi and CoSi. Calculations using density functional theory and magnetic force theorem show that the chiral Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in these B20 multilayers is significantly enhanced compared to bulk B20 compounds. The DMI also has a more complex structure here and stabilizes compact antiskyrmions, intermediate skyrmions, and AFM skyrmions, as confirmed by atomistic spin dynamics simulations.

Strain-induced antiferromagnetic domain switching via the spin Jahn-Teller effect

Dylan Behr, Leonid S. Taran, Daniel G. Porter, Alessandro Bombardi, Dharmalingam Prabhakaran, Sergey V. Streltsov, and Roger D. Johnson

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060408 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

A novel approach to the deterministic control of antiferromagnetic domains by applied stress is demonstrated, using resonant elastic x-ray scattering to simultaneously probe both antiferromagnetic order and the crystal structure. The authors exploit the spin Jahn-Teller effect, whereby an applied stress couples to magnetostructural strains that modulate magnetic frustration arising from competing exchange interactions. In the exemplary system under study, CoTi2O5, complete domain switching was achieved by strains of less than 0.01%.

Bulk and surface uniformity of magnetic and electronic structures in epitaxial W/Mn3Sn/MgO films revealed by fluorescence- and electron-yield x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Shoya Sakamoto, Tomoya Higo, Yoshinori Kotani, Hidetoshi Kosaki, Tetsuya Nakamura, Satoru Nakatsuji, and Shinji Miwa

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060412 (2024) - Published 29 August, 2024

The chiral antiferromagnet Mn3Sn epitaxial thin film offers sunique opportunities in spintronics research due to its strong Berry curvature driven response, though its magnetic properties near interfaces remain largely unexplored. Here, the authors employ x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and demonstrate the uniform magnetic structures throughout the Mn3Sn layer, from bottom to top interfaces in the W/Mn3Sn/MgO multilayer. This research underscores the intrinsic nature of previously reported spin-torque phenomena, paving the way for the accelerated development of innovative spintronic devices.

Stability of quasiperiodic superconductors

Nicole S. Ticea, Julian May-Mann, Jiewen Xiao, Erez Berg, and Trithep Devakul

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060501 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

If quasiperiodicity acts analogously to random disorder, then Anderson’s theorem for disordered superconductors indicates that unconventional (e.g., p- or d-wave) superconductivity will be suppressed in the presence of nonmagnetic impurities. Here, the authors find that unconventional superconductivity in a quasicrystal is suppressed only above a critical strength of the quasiperiodic potential. This suggests a qualitative distinction between quasiperiodic and disordered systems, with implications for our understanding of superconductivity in twisted moiré materials.

Zero-field finite-momentum and field-induced superconductivity in altermagnets

Debmalya Chakraborty and Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060508 (2024) - Published 9 August, 2024

A new unconventional form of magnetism, called altermagnetism, was recently discovered, where a spin-split electronic band structure results in an anisotropic magnetization in momentum space, with a zero net magnetization. The authors show that when such altermagnetism meets superconductivity, a “Yoda ear” phase diagram appears, which hosts both finite-momentum superconductivity, even if the net magnetization is zero, and a rare field-induced superconducting region, in which a magnetic field induces superconductivity from a normal phase at zero field.

Thermal transport across a Josephson junction in a dissipative environment

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Leonid I. Glazman, and Manuel Houzet

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060512 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

Heat flow in superconducting circuits is emerging as an important theme of research. In this field, the authors make two theoretical advances. First, they demonstrate that heat current across a quantum impurity is expressed compactly in terms of a dynamical susceptibility that fully incorporates many-body physics. Second, they apply their formalism to the Schmid quantum phase transition between superconducting and insulating ground states. They unveil new signatures of that transition in the temperature dependence of thermal conductance, thus motivating further experimental studies.

LETTERS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Unusual temperature dependence of thermal conductivity due to phonon resonance scattering by point defects in cubic BN

Guotai Li, Jiongzhi Zheng, Zheng Cui, and Ruiqiang Guo

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060101 (2024) - Published 8 August, 2024

Omnidirectional domain wall modes protected by fragile topological states

Pegah Azizi, Siddhartha Sarkar, Kai Sun, and Stefano Gonella

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060102 (2024) - Published 20 August, 2024

Three-photon electron spin resonances

S. I. Atwood, V. V. Mkhitaryan, S. Dhileepkumar, C. Nuibe, S. Hosseinzadeh, H. Malissa, J. M. Lupton, and C. Boehme

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060103 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

Information limit of 15 picometers achieved with bright-field ptychography

Haozhi Sha, Jizhe Cui, Wenfeng Yang, and Rong Yu

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060104 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Non-Hermitian butterfly spectra in a family of quasiperiodic lattices

Li Wang, Zhenbo Wang, and Shu Chen

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060201 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Measurement-induced phase transition in a single-body tight-binding model

Tony Jin and David G. Martin

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060202 (2024) - Published 19 August, 2024

Magnetism

Symmetry, superposition, and fragmentation in classical spin liquids: A general framework and applications to square kagome magnets

K. B. Yogendra, Suman Karmakar, and Tanmoy Das

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060401 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Phase shift in AC magnetocaloric effect measurements as an indicator of the order of magnetic phase transitions

Akhmed M. Aliev, Adler G. Gamzatov, and Zaur Z. Alisultanov

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060402 (2024) - Published 2 August, 2024

Evidence of quantum spin liquid state in a Cu2+-based S=12 triangular lattice antiferromagnet

K. Bhattacharya, S. Mohanty, A. D. Hillier, M. T. F. Telling, R. Nath, and M. Majumder

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060403 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Ferroelastic control of magnetic domain structure: Direct imaging by magnetic force microscopy

S. D. Seddon, C. R. S. Haines, T. P. A. Hase, M. R. Lees, L. M. Eng, M. Alexe, and M. A. Carpenter

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060404 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

As the search for more compact data storage continues, crystallographic constraint of magnetic moments remains an important piece of the puzzle. Here, the authors explore these magnetic interactions in pyrrhotite (Fe7S8), a magnetoelastic mineral that exhibits a nanoscale coupling between its ferroelastic and ferromagnetic domains. Careful quantification of the magnetic force microscopy imaging allows for a direct correlation between the bulk magnetic properties (as seen with magnetometry) and local micromagnetic structure, which reveals the ferroelastic twins beneath.

Competing magnetocrystalline anisotropy and spin-dimension crossover in Cr1+xTe2

Swati Pandey and Soumik Mukhopadhyay

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060405 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction torques and domain wall dynamics in van der Waals heterostructures

Jun Chen, Churen Gui, and Shuai Dong

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060406 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Tunable topological magnetism in superlattices of nonmagnetic B20 systems

Vladislav Borisov, Anna Delin, and Olle Eriksson

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060407 (2024) - Published 8 August, 2024

Here, the authors predict theoretically the emergence of topological magnetism at the interface between the otherwise nonmagnetic B20 compounds FeSi and CoSi. Calculations using density functional theory and magnetic force theorem show that the chiral Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in these B20 multilayers is significantly enhanced compared to bulk B20 compounds. The DMI also has a more complex structure here and stabilizes compact antiskyrmions, intermediate skyrmions, and AFM skyrmions, as confirmed by atomistic spin dynamics simulations.

Strain-induced antiferromagnetic domain switching via the spin Jahn-Teller effect

Dylan Behr, Leonid S. Taran, Daniel G. Porter, Alessandro Bombardi, Dharmalingam Prabhakaran, Sergey V. Streltsov, and Roger D. Johnson

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060408 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

A novel approach to the deterministic control of antiferromagnetic domains by applied stress is demonstrated, using resonant elastic x-ray scattering to simultaneously probe both antiferromagnetic order and the crystal structure. The authors exploit the spin Jahn-Teller effect, whereby an applied stress couples to magnetostructural strains that modulate magnetic frustration arising from competing exchange interactions. In the exemplary system under study, CoTi2O5, complete domain switching was achieved by strains of less than 0.01%.

Phonon-induced renormalization of exchange interactions in metallic two-dimensional magnets

Danis I. Badrtdinov, Mikhail I. Katsnelson, and Alexander N. Rudenko

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060409 (2024) - Published 19 August, 2024

Charge and spin current pumping by ultrafast demagnetization dynamics

Jalil Varela-Manjarres, Ali Kefayati, M. Benjamin Jungfleisch, John Q. Xiao, and Branislav K. Nikolić

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060410 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

The authors predict here that nonperiodic magnetization dynamics in the field of ultrafast demagnetization, where a femtosecond laser pulse forces the magnetization vector to shrink without rotating, acts as the second (in addition to light itself) nonequilibrium drive on conduction electrons, leading to charge current pumping. The electromagnetic radiation by such pumped current contains proper spectral features at THz frequencies, as often observed experimentally but not fully understood microscopically. Since the time-dependent quantum transport formalism unraveling this effect also accounts for the well-known spin current pumping by periodic magnetization precession, the present study unifies, from a common microscopic viewpoint, such “low energy” effect with demagnetization dynamics as “higher energy” effect in spintronics.

Memory and rejuvenation in glassy systems

J. Freedberg, W. Joe Meese, J. He, D. L. Schlagel, E. Dan Dahlberg, and R. L. Orbach

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060411 (2024) - Published 28 August, 2024

Bulk and surface uniformity of magnetic and electronic structures in epitaxial W/Mn3Sn/MgO films revealed by fluorescence- and electron-yield x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Shoya Sakamoto, Tomoya Higo, Yoshinori Kotani, Hidetoshi Kosaki, Tetsuya Nakamura, Satoru Nakatsuji, and Shinji Miwa

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060412 (2024) - Published 29 August, 2024

The chiral antiferromagnet Mn3Sn epitaxial thin film offers sunique opportunities in spintronics research due to its strong Berry curvature driven response, though its magnetic properties near interfaces remain largely unexplored. Here, the authors employ x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and demonstrate the uniform magnetic structures throughout the Mn3Sn layer, from bottom to top interfaces in the W/Mn3Sn/MgO multilayer. This research underscores the intrinsic nature of previously reported spin-torque phenomena, paving the way for the accelerated development of innovative spintronic devices.

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Stability of quasiperiodic superconductors

Nicole S. Ticea, Julian May-Mann, Jiewen Xiao, Erez Berg, and Trithep Devakul

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060501 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

If quasiperiodicity acts analogously to random disorder, then Anderson’s theorem for disordered superconductors indicates that unconventional (e.g., p- or d-wave) superconductivity will be suppressed in the presence of nonmagnetic impurities. Here, the authors find that unconventional superconductivity in a quasicrystal is suppressed only above a critical strength of the quasiperiodic potential. This suggests a qualitative distinction between quasiperiodic and disordered systems, with implications for our understanding of superconductivity in twisted moiré materials.

Helicity transitions and emerging superconductivity in chiral α-HgS

He Zhang, Wei Zhong, Yanghao Meng, Bowen Tang, Binbin Yue, Xiaohui Yu, and Fang Hong

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060502 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Topological signatures of a p-wave superconducting wire through light

Frederick del Pozo and Karyn Le Hur

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060503 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Investigating Josephson plasmons in layered cuprates via nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy

Jacopo Fiore, Niccolò Sellati, Francesco Gabriele, Claudio Castellani, Goetz Seibold, Mattia Udina, and Lara Benfatto

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060504 (2024) - Published 6 August, 2024

Topological superconductivity in a magnetic-texture coupled Josephson junction

Ignacio Sardinero, Rubén Seoane Souto, and Pablo Burset

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060505 (2024) - Published 8 August, 2024

Interlayer pairing-induced partially gapped Fermi surface in trilayer La4Ni3O10 superconductors

Junkang Huang and Tao Zhou

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060506 (2024) - Published 9 August, 2024

Topological spin texture and d-vector rotation in spin-triplet superconductors: A case of UTe2

Yasumasa Tsutsumi and Kazushige Machida

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060507 (2024) - Published 9 August, 2024

Zero-field finite-momentum and field-induced superconductivity in altermagnets

Debmalya Chakraborty and Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060508 (2024) - Published 9 August, 2024

A new unconventional form of magnetism, called altermagnetism, was recently discovered, where a spin-split electronic band structure results in an anisotropic magnetization in momentum space, with a zero net magnetization. The authors show that when such altermagnetism meets superconductivity, a “Yoda ear” phase diagram appears, which hosts both finite-momentum superconductivity, even if the net magnetization is zero, and a rare field-induced superconducting region, in which a magnetic field induces superconductivity from a normal phase at zero field.

Pressure-induced superconductivity in the topological crystalline insulator NaCd4As3

Haiyang Yang, Yonghui Zhou, Jing Wang, Shuyang Wang, Chao An, Ying Zhou, Xuliang Chen, Lili Zhang, Xiaoping Yang, and Zhaorong Yang

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060509 (2024) - Published 13 August, 2024

Electronic structure, self-doping, and superconducting instability in the alternating single-layer trilayer stacking nickelates La3Ni2O7

Yang Zhang, Ling-Fang Lin, Adriana Moreo, Thomas A. Maier, and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060510 (2024) - Published 14 August, 2024

Emergence of a condensate with finite-energy Cooper pairing in hybrid exciton/superconductor systems

Viktoriia Kornich

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060511 (2024) - Published 14 August, 2024

Thermal transport across a Josephson junction in a dissipative environment

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Leonid I. Glazman, and Manuel Houzet

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060512 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

Heat flow in superconducting circuits is emerging as an important theme of research. In this field, the authors make two theoretical advances. First, they demonstrate that heat current across a quantum impurity is expressed compactly in terms of a dynamical susceptibility that fully incorporates many-body physics. Second, they apply their formalism to the Schmid quantum phase transition between superconducting and insulating ground states. They unveil new signatures of that transition in the temperature dependence of thermal conductance, thus motivating further experimental studies.

Microwave signatures of topological superconductivity in planar Josephson junctions

Barış Pekerten, David Brandão, Bassel Heiba Elfeky, Tong Zhou, Jong E. Han, Javad Shabani, and Igor Žutić

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060513 (2024) - Published 19 August, 2024

Superconducting properties of rare-earth boron hydrides at high pressure studied by first-principles calculations

Simin Li, Weiguo Sun, Hanyu Liu, Cheng Lu, and Feng Peng

Phys. Rev. B 110, L060514 (2024) - Published 20 August, 2024

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Environment-adaptive machine learning potentials

Ngoc Cuong Nguyen and Dionysios Sema

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064101 (2024) - Published 14 August, 2024

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIP) have shown great promise in predicting material properties when tailored for specific applications in mind. However, they face limitations when expanded to capture a diverse set of local atomic environments. Here, the authors introduce a novel method to construct environment-adaptive machine-learned (EAML) interatomic potentials by adapting to the local atomic environment of each atom. The approach shows a significant improvement in the accuracy of the EAML potential compared to the current state-of-the-art, paving the way for a new class of MLIPs.

Thermal vibrations in the inversion of dynamical electron scattering

Ziria Herdegen, Benedikt Diederichs, and Knut Müller-Caspary

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064102 (2024) - Published 21 August, 2024

Giant reversible electrocaloric effect in monolayer group-IV monochalcogenides

Xiong Xu, Min Li, X. Lin, and Hui Wang

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064103 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

Thermal expansion and phase stability of BF3 (B=Sc, Y, La, Al, Ga, In) from first principles

Hiroki Koiso, Suguru Yoshida, Takayuki Nagai, Toshihiro Isobe, Akira Nakajima, and Yasuhide Mochizuki

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064104 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

Prediction of high-Tc superconductivity under submegabar pressure in ternary actinium borohydrides

Tingting Gu, Wenwen Cui, Jian Hao, Jingming Shi, Artur P. Durajski, Hanyu Liu, and Yinwei Li

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064105 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

ε−ζ transition in solid oxygen

S. F. Elatresh, V. Askarpour, and S. A. Bonev

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064106 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Quantized perfect transmission in graphene nanoribbons with random hollow adsorbates

Jia-Le Yu, Zhe Hou, Irfan Hussain Bhat, Pei-Jia Hu, Jia-Wen Sun, Xiao-Feng Chen, Ai-Min Guo, and Qing-Feng Sun

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064201 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Disorder-induced topological quantum phase transitions in multigap Euler semimetals

Wojciech J. Jankowski, Mohammadreza Noormandipour, Adrien Bouhon, and Robert-Jan Slager

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064202 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Two-level systems and harmonic excitations in a mean-field anharmonic quantum glass

Thibaud Maimbourg

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064203 (2024) - Published 8 August, 2024

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects

Critical properties of weak measurement induced phase transitions in random quantum circuits

Kemal Aziz, Ahana Chakraborty, and J. H. Pixley

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064301 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Electron tunneling induced thermoelectric effects

Mauricio Gómez Viloria, Riccardo Messina, and Philippe Ben-Abdallah

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064303 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Nanowelding of quantum spin-12 chains at minimal dissipation

Moallison F. Cavalcante, Marcus V. S. Bonança, Eduardo Miranda, and Sebastian Deffner

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064304 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Nonequilibrium phenomena are commonly expected to be nonuniversal, i.e., they depend intricately on the system and processes. Here, the authors show that nevertheless some universal features do persist. They consider the energetic cost of finite-time nano-welding of quantum spin-½ chains. They find that some features depend only on (i) the process speed, (ii) the system’s symmetry, and (iii) the existence of an energy gap. Depending on the strength of SU(2) symmetry breaking, there are striking universalities in (a) the scaling of the cost with the duration time for slowly-varying processes and (b) the functional form of the cost-optimal protocol.

Lattice-distortion couplings in antiferroelectric perovskite AgNbO3 and comparison with PbZrO3

Huazhang Zhang, Konstantin Shapovalov, Safari Amisi, and Philippe Ghosez

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064305 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Dynamical topological quantum phase transitions in high-order topological systems

Hai-Xiao Xiao, Weilun Jiang, Peng Qian, Hongju Li, Zhongjun Li, Heng Shen, and Bing Chen

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064306 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Differences between quantum and classical adiabatic evolution

Cyrill Bösch, Andreas Fichtner, and Marc Serra-Garcia

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064307 (2024) - Published 8 August, 2024

Efficient evolution framework for chirality control in non-Hermitian systems with adiabaticity engineering

Dong Wang, Wen-Xi Huang, Bo Zhou, Wenduo Yu, Pei-Chao Cao, Yu-Gui Peng, Zheng-Yang Zhou, Hongsheng Chen, Xue-Feng Zhu, and Ying Li

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064308 (2024) - Published 12 August, 2024

Measurement-induced phase transitions in quantum raise-and-peel models

Eliot Heinrich and Xiao Chen

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064309 (2024) - Published 12 August, 2024

Extended Wannier-Stark ladder and electron-pair Bloch oscillations in dimerized non-Hermitian systems

H. P. Zhang and Z. Song

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064310 (2024) - Published 12 August, 2024

Zero-temperature entanglement membranes in quantum circuits

Grace M. Sommers, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Michael J. Gullans, and David A. Huse

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064311 (2024) - Published 13 August, 2024

Nonperturbative simulation of anharmonic rattler dynamics in type-I clathrates with vibrational dynamical mean-field theory

Dipti Jasrasaria and Timothy C. Berkelbach

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064312 (2024) - Published 14 August, 2024

Signatures of quantum integrability and exactly solvable dynamics in an infinite-range many-body Floquet spin system

Harshit Sharma and Udaysinh T. Bhosale

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064313 (2024) - Published 14 August, 2024

Extended unitarity and absence of skin effect in periodically driven systems

Aditi Chakrabarty and Sanjoy Datta

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064314 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

Ab initio Wannier-representation-based calculations of photocurrent in semiconductors and metals

Junqing Xu and Haixiao Xiao

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064315 (2024) - Published 16 August, 2024

Apparent delay of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in quenched open systems

Roy D. Jara, Jr. and Jayson G. Cosme

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064317 (2024) - Published 20 August, 2024

The authors demonstrate here that, for open systems quenched using finite-ramp protocols, dissipation results in a delay in detecting phase transitions if a threshold-based criterion for an order parameter is used. This leads to a regime for intermediate quench speeds, in which the transition time follows the predicted universal scaling of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, despite the system appearing to enter a new phase after the ramp has ended. Their results highlight the subtleties of experimentally observing phase transitions in open systems.

Spread complexity and dynamical transition in multimode Bose-Einstein condensates

Bozhen Zhou and Shu Chen

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064318 (2024) - Published 21 August, 2024

Benchmarking quantum master equations beyond ultraweak coupling

Camilo Santiago Tello Breuer, Tobias Becker, and André Eckardt

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064319 (2024) - Published 21 August, 2024

Open quantum systems are ubiquitous, however, their description beyond ultraweak system-bath coupling is challenging. The standard Redfield master equation can violate positivity. Recently, Nathan and Rudner proposed an alternative equation, not suffering from this problem. The authors compare here both equations to the exact solution of a simple model. The Redfield equation performs noticeably better for transient dynamics. For the steady state it is slightly better for high temperatures, but fails at low temperatures, where the Nathan-Rudner equation is still accurate.

Spread complexity and localization in PT-symmetric systems

Aranya Bhattacharya, Rathindra Nath Das, Bidyut Dey, and Johanna Erdmenger

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064320 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

This study investigates the behavior of wave functions in parity-time (𝒫𝒯) symmetric quantum systems, focusing on their spread and localization. Using a tight-binding chain model, the authors explore the dynamics under 𝒫𝒯 symmetry and its breaking. By employing innovative quantum information measures, such as complexity, entropy, and inverse participation ratio in Krylov space, they quantify the wave function’s distribution. In the 𝒫𝒯-symmetric phase, the wave function spreads evenly, while 𝒫𝒯 symmetry breaking leads to localization, exemplifying the non-Hermitian skin effect and edge modes.

Ward identity preserving approach for investigation of phonon spectrum with self-energy and vertex corrections

Sudhakar Pandey

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064321 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

Octahedral tilt distortion in negative thermal expansion in the fluorides CaZrF6 and ScF3

Kaiyue Zhao, Yixin Jiao, Qiang Sun, Ri He, Andrea Sanson, Zhicheng Zhong, Erjun Liang, and Qilong Gao

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064322 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Noise-induced phase transitions in hybrid quantum circuits

Shuo Liu, Ming-Rui Li, Shi-Xin Zhang, Shao-Kai Jian, and Hong Yao

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064323 (2024) - Published 29 August, 2024

Magnetism

Giant anomalous Hall effect in epitaxial Mn3.2Ge films with a cubic kagome structure

J. S. R. McCoombs, B. D. MacNeil, V. Askarpour, J. Myra, H. Herdin, M. Pula, M. D. Robertson, G. M. Luke, K. L. Kavanagh, J. Maassen, and T. L. Monchesky

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064401 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Simulating chiral spin liquids with fermionic projected entangled pair states

Sasank Budaraju, Didier Poilblanc, and Sen Niu

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064402 (2024) - Published 2 August, 2024

Lattice and magnetic structure in the van der Waals antiferromagnet VBr3

Yimeng Gu, Yiqing Hao, Zeyu Kao, Yiqing Gu, Feiyang Liu, Shiyi Zheng, Huibo Cao, Lunhua He, and Jun Zhao

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064403 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Circular motion of noncollinear spin textures in Corbino disks: Dynamics of Néel- versus Bloch-type skyrmions and skyrmioniums

Ismael Ribeiro de Assis, Ingrid Mertig, and Börge Göbel

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064404 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Field-induced transformation of complex spin ordering and magnetodielectric and magnetoelastic coupling in MnGeTeO6

Y. H. Chang, Arkadeb Pal, P. T. W. Yen, C. W. Wang, S. Giri, G. R. Blake, Javier Gainza, M.-J. Hsieh, J.-Y. Lin, C. Y. Huang, Y. J. Chen, T. W. Kuo, Ajay Tiwari, D. Chandrasekhar Kakarla, and H. D. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064405 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Direct evidence for a nonzero energy gap and half-metallicity in the diamondlike ferromagnet (Zn,Mn)GeP2

Gennady Medvedkin, Katsuaki Sato, and Takayuki Ishibashi

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064406 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Exploring the tricritical nature and unconventional magnetoresistance in EuCd2P2: An in-depth study of complex material characteristics

Azizur Rahman, Majeed Ur Rehman, Yue Zhang, Weisheng Zhao, Jianlin Wang, Zheng Chen, Zahir Muhammad, and Lei Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064407 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Slow spin relaxation and low-temperature spin freezing in the disordered fluorite Ho2Zr2O7

A. Elghandour, Sheetal, C. S. Yadav, and R. Klingeler

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064408 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Metamagnetism and anomalous magnetotransport properties in rare-earth-based polar semimetals RAuGe (R=Dy, Ho, and Gd)

Takashi Kurumaji, Masaki Gen, Shunsuke Kitou, and Taka-hisa Arima

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064409 (2024) - Published 7 August, 2024

Linking NH4+ motion to magnetism in molecular multiferroic (NH4)2[FeCl5(H2O)]: A neutron vibrational spectroscopy study

W. Tian, L. L. Daemen, Y. Q. Cheng, Fei Li, and Jaime A. Fernandez-Baca

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064410 (2024) - Published 8 August, 2024

Understanding the nature of the magnetic coupling in transition metal doped Bi2Se3

Sagar Sarkar, Shivalika Sharma, Olle Eriksson, and Igor Di Marco

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064412 (2024) - Published 9 August, 2024

Temperature-dependent spin dynamics in Cr2O3

Qiyang Sun, Bin Wei, Yaokun Su, Douglas L. Abernathy, and Chen Li

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064413 (2024) - Published 12 August, 2024

Interplay between magnetic and lattice excitations and emergent multiple phase transitions in MnPSe3−xSx

Deepu Kumar, Nguyen The Hoang, Yumin Sim, Youngsu Choi, Kalaivanan Raju, Rajesh Kumar Ulaganathan, Raman Sankar, Maeng-Je Seong, and Kwang-Yong Choi

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064414 (2024) - Published 12 August, 2024

Direct observation of skyrmions with arbitrary helicity in patterned Co/Pt multilayers

D. A. Tatarskiy, N. S. Gusev, Yu. V. Petrov, A. Chuvilin, M. V. Sapozhnikov, and S. A. Gusev

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064415 (2024) - Published 13 August, 2024

1/3 and other magnetization plateaus in the quasi-one-dimensional Ising magnet TbTi3Bi4 with zigzag spin chain

Kaizhen Guo, Zeyu Ma, Hongxiong Liu, Ziyang Wu, Junfeng Wang, Youguo Shi, Yuan Li, and Shuang Jia

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064416 (2024) - Published 13 August, 2024

Triferroic coupling in two-dimensional WRuCl6

Shiqiang Yu, Dongyue Sun, Yushuo Xu, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang, and Wei Wei

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064417 (2024) - Published 14 August, 2024

Dirac spinons intermingled with singlet states in the random kagome antiferromagnet YCu3(OD)6+xBr3−x (x=0.5)

Chanhyeon Lee, Wonjun Lee, Suheon Lee, Takayoshi Yamanaka, Sungmin Jeon, Joydev Khatua, Gerald Morris, Bassam Hitti, Hiroyuki Nojiri, and Kwang-Yong Choi

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064418 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

Abnormal sign reversal of the fieldlike spin-orbit torque in Pt/Ni/Py with an ultrathin Ni spacer

Zishuang Li, Wenqiang Wang, Xiang Zhan, Haozhe Wang, Kaiyuan Zhou, Tiejun Zhou, and Ronghua Liu

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064419 (2024) - Published 16 August, 2024

Spin high harmonic generation through terahertz laser-driven phonons

Negin Moharrami Allafi, Michael H. Kolodrubetz, Marin Bukov, Vadim Oganesyan, and Mohsen Yarmohammadi

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064420 (2024) - Published 19 August, 2024

Microwave susceptibility analysis of ultrafast moment dynamics in a multicore magnetic nanoparticle system

Menghao Li, Suko Bagus Trisnanto, Yasushi Endo, Satoshi Ota, Teruyoshi Sasayama, Takashi Yoshida, and Yasushi Takemura

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064421 (2024) - Published 19 August, 2024

Single-layer tensor network approach for three-dimensional quantum systems

I. V. Lukin and A. G. Sotnikov

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064422 (2024) - Published 19 August, 2024

Giant phonon-skyrmion coupling in ferromagnet/heavy metal heterostructures

Egor Savostin and Vitaliy Lomakin

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064423 (2024) - Published 19 August, 2024

Disentangling nucleation and propagation of magnetization reversal in exchange-biased thin films

M. Usama Hasan and Geoffrey S. D. Beach

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064424 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

Understanding how exchange bias (EB) –- an effect utilized in many spintronic devices – affects basic magnetization reversal processes like domain nucleation and propagation is important both fundamentally and practically. Here, the authors describe a way to disentangle the EB field for domain nucleation and propagation in thin films. They find that nucleation EB can be quite varied, in contrast to propagation EB, and the two can differ significantly. Among other consequences, this can lead to hysteresis loop asymmetry, a widely observed yet partially understood phenomenon.

Unraveling the magnetic ground state in the alkali-metal lanthanide oxide Na2PrO3

Ifeanyi John Onuorah, Jonathan Frassineti, Qiaochu Wang, Muhammad Maikudi Isah, Pietro Bonfà, Jeffrey G. Rau, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, A. I. Kolesnikov, Vesna F. Mitrović, Samuele Sanna, and Kemp W. Plumb

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064425 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

Here, the authors use muon and neutron spectroscopies to establish the magnetic ground state of the candidate rare-earth Kitaev model compound Na2PrO3. They find that the magnetism is drastically modified from what is required to realize Kitaev physics, and that local atomic physics simultaneously contributes to a vanishing static moment and an intense two-magnon continuum. These findings demonstrate how two hallmarks of quantum fluctuations, a vanishing static magnetic moment and an intense continuum of magnetic excitations, can arise in the absence of magnetic frustration.

Altermagnetic topological insulator and the selection rules

Hai-Yang Ma and Jin-Feng Jia

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064426 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

Deep learning illuminates spin and lattice interaction in magnetic materials

Teng Yang, Zefeng Cai, Zhengtao Huang, Wenlong Tang, Ruosong Shi, Andy Godfrey, Hanxing Liu, Yuanhua Lin, Ce-Wen Nan, Meng Ye, LinFeng Zhang, Ke Wang, Han Wang, and Ben Xu

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064427 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

Phonon-mediated spin-spin interaction: A general theory and application to diamond nitrogen vacancy centers

Jotaro J. Nakane, Kosuke Tahara, Katsuhiro Kutsuki, and Ai Yamakage

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064428 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

Effects of frustration on the spin dynamics of the zigzag honeycomb lattice

E. M. Wilson and J. T. Haraldsen

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064429 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Large out-of-plane piezoelectric effect in a Janus ferromagnetic semiconductor monolayer of CrOFBr

Qiuyue Ma, Guochun Yang, Busheng Wang, and Yong Liu

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064430 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Ferromagnetism and structural phase transition in rhombohedral PrIr3

Karolina Gornicka, Michal J. Winiarski, Robert J. Cava, Michael A. McGuire, and Tomasz Klimczuk

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064431 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Multiband transport in RuO2

Florent Pawula, Ali Fakih, Ramzy Daou, Sylvie Hébert, Natalia Mordvinova, Oleg Lebedev, Denis Pelloquin, and Antoine Maignan

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064432 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

While ruthenium dioxide has been cited as the canonical realization of the altermagnetic state, many recent experimental probes are at odds. Here, the authors demonstrate that transport in single crystals shows no sign of a transition to an altermagnetic state over an extended temperature range up to 1000 K and that the magnetotransport in single crystals is dominated by multiband effects.

First-principles study of the tunnel magnetoresistance effect with Cr-doped RuO2 electrode

Katsuhiro Tanaka, Takuya Nomoto, and Ryotaro Arita

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064433 (2024) - Published 27 August, 2024

Anisotropic excitonic magnetism from discrete C4 symmetry in CeRhIn5

D. J. Brener, I. Rodriguez Mallo, H. Lane, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, K. Schmalzl, M. Songvilay, K. Guratinder, C. Petrovic, and C. Stock

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064434 (2024) - Published 28 August, 2024

Mode-resolved micromagnetics study of parametric spin wave excitation in thin-film disks

Maryam Massouras, Salvatore Perna, Massimiliano D'Aquino, Claudio Serpico, and Joo-Von Kim

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064435 (2024) - Published 28 August, 2024

Suppression of ferromagnetism and emergence of spin-glass-like behavior in the CuCr2−xSnxS2Se2 spinels

Miguel Pardo-Sainz, Silvana Moris, Cristina Piquer, José Alberto Rodríguez-Velamazán, María Luisa López, Inmaculada Álvarez-Serrano, Antonio Galdámez, and Javier Campo

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064436 (2024) - Published 30 August, 2024

Analysis of stability and transition dynamics of skyrmions and skyrmioniums in ferromagnetic nanodisks: A micromagnetic study at finite temperature

Charlie V. Sarmiento and A. P. Guimarães

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064437 (2024) - Published 30 August, 2024

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Conductivity in the Bose-Hubbard model at high temperatures

Ivana Vasić and Jakša Vučičević

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064501 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Spontaneous splitting of d-wave surface states: Competition between circulating currents and edge magnetization

Kevin Marc Seja, Niclas Wall-Wennerdal, Tomas Löfwander, and Mikael Fogelström

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064502 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Spin-1 Haldane chains of superconductor-semiconductor hybrids

Virgil V. Baran and Jens Paaske

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064503 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

Giant microwave absorption in the vortex lattice in s-wave superconductors

T. Liu, M. Smith, A. V. Andreev, and B. Z. Spivak

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064504 (2024) - Published 1 August, 2024

The authors develop here a theory of microwave absorption in superconductors in the presence of a pinned vortex lattice. They show that, in addition to the conventional absorption mechanism associated with the vortex core motion, there is another mechanism of microwave absorption caused by the time dependence of the quasiparticle density of states outside the vortex cores. This mechanism exists even in the absence of vortex motion, and provides the dominant contribution to microwave absorption in a broad range of parameters.

Efficient anisotropic Migdal-Eliashberg calculations with an intermediate representation basis and Wannier interpolation

Hitoshi Mori, Takuya Nomoto, Ryotaro Arita, and Elena R. Margine

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064505 (2024) - Published 2 August, 2024

Type-I and type-II superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric compound Ir2Ga9

J. C. Jiao, K. W. Chen, O. O. Bernal, P.-C. Ho, and Lei Shu

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064506 (2024) - Published 5 August, 2024

Determination of the magnetic penetration depth with measurements of the vortex-penetration field for type-II superconductors

G. P. Mikitik and Yu. V. Sharlai

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064507 (2024) - Published 9 August, 2024

Vortical versus skyrmionic states in the topological phase of a twisted bilayer with d-wave superconducting pairing

Leonardo R. Cadorim, Edson Sardella, and Milorad V. Milošević

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064508 (2024) - Published 12 August, 2024

Microscopic solutions for vortex clustering in two-band type-1.5 superconductors

Igor Timoshuk and Egor Babaev

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064509 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

Nodeless superconductivity and topological nodal states in molybdenum carbide

Tian Shang, Yuting Wang, Bochen Yu, Keqi Xia, Darek J. Gawryluk, Yang Xu, Qingfeng Zhan, Jianzhou Zhao, and Toni Shiroka

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064510 (2024) - Published 15 August, 2024

Fractional AC Josephson effect in a topological insulator proximitized by a self-formed superconductor

Ilan T. Rosen, Christie J. Trimble, Molly P. Andersen, Evgeny Mikheev, Yanbin Li, Yunzhi Liu, Lixuan Tai, Peng Zhang, Kang L. Wang, Yi Cui, M. A. Kastner, James R. Williams, and David Goldhaber-Gordon

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064511 (2024) - Published 21 August, 2024

Josephson junctions with topological weak links should support Majorana bound states, yet are challenging to fabricate without damaging the topological material. Here, the authors evaporate a noble metal onto a (BiSb)2Te3 topological insulator that chemically reacts, creating a self-formed superconductor while minimizing damage. The interface between the superconductor and untouched (BiSb)2Te3 has adequate interface transparency, and the two materials have similar work functions. Under microwave irradiation, they observe suppressed first and third Shapiro steps, which supports the presence of Majorana bound states.

Probing the goldstino excitation through tunneling transport in a Bose-Fermi mixture with explicitly broken supersymmetry

Tingyu Zhang, Yixin Guo, Hiroyuki Tajima, and Haozhao Liang

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064512 (2024) - Published 22 August, 2024

Conventional high-temperature superconductivity in σ-band driven metallized two-dimensional metal borocarbides

Yiming Zhang, Jingyan Chen, Jian Hao, Meiling Xu, and Yinwei Li

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064513 (2024) - Published 23 August, 2024

Tc and the elastocaloric effect of Sr2RuO4 under 〈110〉 uniaxial stress: No indications of transition splitting

Fabian Jerzembeck, You-Sheng Li, Grgur Palle, Zhenhai Hu, Mehdi Biderang, Naoki Kikugawa, Dmitry A. Sokolov, Sayak Ghosh, Brad J. Ramshaw, Thomas Scaffidi, Michael Nicklas, Jörg Schmalian, Andrew P. Mackenzie, and Clifford W. Hicks

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064514 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

The superconducting order parameter of Sr2RuO4 is still strongly debated. A key issue is whether it is single- or multi-component. In this study, the authors apply uniaxial pressure to Sr2RuO4 to search for two characteristics of multicomponent superconductivity. Neither of the two signatures were found, and the authors show how tightly these null results constrain attempts to construct a two-component Ginzburg-Landau theory for the order parameter of this famous unconventional superconductor.

Luther-Emery liquid and dominant singlet superconductivity in the hole-doped Haldane spin-1 chain

Pontus Laurell, Jacek Herbrych, Gonzalo Alvarez, and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064515 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Topological superconductivity with mixed singlet-triplet pairing in moiré transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers

Waseem Akbar, Andrzej Biborski, Louk Rademaker, and Michał Zegrodnik

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064516 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

Majorana-mediated thermoelectric transport in multiterminal junctions

Raffael L. Klees, Daniel Gresta, Jonathan Sturm, Laurens W. Molenkamp, and Ewelina M. Hankiewicz

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064517 (2024) - Published 26 August, 2024

The clear identification of Majorana modes remains one of the most challenging unresolved issues in condensed matter physics. The authors explore the thermoelectric properties transverse to quantum-dot-based Josephson junctions in a novel four-terminal configuration. The superconducting phase dependence introduces a distinctive control mechanism that significantly aids in detecting signatures of Majorana states. This is evidenced by their impact on transverse electrical and thermal conductances, the Seebeck coefficient, and the observed violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law.

Flux-tunable Josephson effect in a four-terminal junction

Christian G. Prosko, Wietze D. Huisman, Ivan Kulesh, Di Xiao, Candice Thomas, Michael J. Manfra, and Srijit Goswami

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064518 (2024) - Published 27 August, 2024

The authors measure here a four-terminal Josephson junction within two coupled DC superconducting quantum interference devices. The device behaves as a tunable ϕ0 junction with a nontrivial current-phase relation. Its current-phase relation, and the current-phase relation of other multiterminal junctions including some purported to host Andreev molecule states, are shown to be well described by a network of two-terminal junctions coupling the junction terminals without any Andreev bound state interactions.

Van Hove singularity, flat band, and phonon-mediated superconductivity in topological perovskite carbides

Yunqun Li, Mingmin Zhong, Meng Ju, Yu-Hao Wei, and Min-Quan Kuang

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064519 (2024) - Published 27 August, 2024

Mixed higher-order topology, and nodal and nodeless flat band topological phases in a superconducting multiorbital model

Rodrigo Arouca, Tanay Nag, and Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Phys. Rev. B 110, 064520 (2024) - Published 28 August, 2024

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