- Accepted Paper
Temperature-induced superconductivity enhancement under large exchange fields
Phys. Rev. Research - Accepted 1 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/6q41-1cxp
Phys. Rev. Research - Accepted 1 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/6q41-1cxp
Through a comprehensive free energy analysis, we demonstrate that finite temperature can simultaneously weaken superconductivity and mitigate Zeeman effect induced depairing, leading to potential non-monotonic temperature-dependent behaviors in superconductors subjected to large exchange fields. Remarkably, superconductivity can be counterintuitively enhanced by temperature when the Zeeman energy exceeds the superconducting order parameter, owing to the competition between thermal and magnetic effects. We propose that multiband effect offers one possible microscopic route for this temperature-induced enhancement and demonstrate it explicitly within a two-band superconducting model. A detailed parameter analysis identifies the conditions under which this phenomenon emerges, suggesting that temperature-enhanced superconductivity may be observable in materials such as and through transport and tunneling measurements.
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