Z 3-vestigial nematic order due to superconducting fluctuations in the doped topological insulators NbxBi2Se3 and CuxBi2Se3

Autor: Chang-woo Cho, Junying Shen, Jian Lyu, Omargeldi Atanov, Qianxue Chen, Seng Huat Lee, Yew San Hor, Dariusz Jakub Gawryluk, Ekaterina Pomjakushina, Marek Bartkowiak, Matthias Hecker, Jörg Schmalian, Rolf Lortz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16871-9
Popis: When an order parameter has multiple components, fluctuations can suppress the ordering partially, leaving behind vestigial order. Here the authors show that nematic superconductivity in electron-doped Bi2Se3 gives way to a vestigial nematic phase driven by fluctuating Cooper pairs.
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