Title
Exceptional odd-frequency pairing in non-Hermitian superconducting systems
Date Issued
01 March 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Black-Schaffer A.M.
Uppsala University
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
We first show the realization of exceptional points in a non-Hermitian superconducting system based on a conventional superconductor and then demonstrate that, surprisingly, the system hosts odd-frequency pairing, solely generated by the non-Hermiticity. While there is a coexistence of even- and odd-frequency pairs under general conditions, we find that the even-frequency term vanishes at the exceptional degeneracies, leaving only odd-frequency pairing. This exceptional odd-frequency pairing is directly given by the imaginary part of the eigenvalues at the exceptional points and can be measured from the spectral function. Our results thus put forward non-Hermitian systems as a powerful platform to realize odd-frequency superconducting pairing.
Volume
105
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85126471221
Source
Physical Review B
ISSN of the container
24699950
Sponsor(s)
We thank E. J. Bergholtz, J. C. Budich, D. Chakraborty, and L. Potenciano and for insightful discussions. We also acknowledge financial support from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet Grants No. 2018-03488 and No. 2021-04121) and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC-2017-StG-757553).
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