Fermi surface instabilities in electronic Raman scattering of the metallic kagome lattice CsV3Sb5

Understanding the link between a charge density wave (CDW) instability and superconductivity is a central theme of the 2D metallic kagome compounds AV3Sb5 (A=K, Rb, and Cs). Using polarization-resolved electronic Raman spectroscopy, we shed light on Fermi surface fluctuations and electronic instabilities. We observe a quasielastic peak (QEP) whose spectral weight is progressively enhanced towards the superconducting transition. The QEP temperature-dependence reveals a steep increase in coherent in-plane charge correlations within the charge-density phase. In contrast, out-of-plane charge fluctuations remain strongly incoherent across the investigated temperature range. In-plane phonon anomalies appear at T* ≈ 50 K in addition to right below TCDW ≈ 95 K, while showing no apparent evidence of reduced symmetry at low temperatures. In conjunction with the consecutive phonon anomalies within the CDW state, our electronic Raman data unveil additional electronic instabilities that persist down to the superconducting phase, thereby offering a superconducting mechanism.

Влияние сильного межузельного кулоновского взаимодействия на топологические свойства сверхпроводящей нанопроволоки

For superconducting nanowire with the pairing of extended s-type symmetry, Rashba spin-orbit interaction in a magnetic field, the influence of strong intersite charge correlations on single-particle Majorana excitations is analyzed. This problem is investigated on the basis of the density matrix renormalization group numerical method. It is shown that with an increase in the repulsion intensity of electrons located at the neighboring sites, two subbands emerge in the lower Hubbard band of the open system. Based on calculations of the Majorana polarization and degeneracy of the entanglement spectrum, it was found that a topologically nontrivial phase with one edge state survives at the edge of each of the subbands where the concentration of electrons or holes is minimal.

Study of effective coupling between charge degrees of freedom in low dimensional hole-doped quantum antiferromagnets

Expressions for generalized charge stiffness constant at zero temperature are derived corresponding to low dimensional hole doped quantum antiferromagnets, describable by the t-J-like models, with a view to understanding fermionic pairing possibilities and charge couplings in the itinerant antiferromagnetic systems. A detailed comparison between spin and charge correlations and couplings are presented in both strong and weak coupling limits. The result highlights that the charge and spin couplings show very similar behaviour in the over-doped region in both the dimensions, whereas they show a completely different trend in the lower doping regimes. A qualitative equivalence of generalized charge stiffness constant with the effective Drude weight and Coulomb interaction is established based on the comparison with other theoretical and experimental results. The fall in charge stiffness with increase in doping then implies reduction in the magnitude of effective Coulomb repulsion between the mobile carriers. This leads to an enhanced possibility of fermionic pairing with increase in doping in the possible presence of some other attraction producing mechanism from a source outside the t-J-like models. Moreover, under certain conditions in the optimal doping region, the t-J-like models themselves are able to produce attractive interaction for pairing.