Theoretical prediction of a time-reversal broken chiral superconducting phase driven by electronic correlations in a single TiSe₂ layer.
Bulk TiSe2 is an intrinsically layered transition metal dichalcogenide hosting both superconducting and charge-density-wave ordering. Motivated by the recent progress in preparing two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides, we study these frustrated orderings in a single trilayer of TiSe2. Using a renormalization group approach, we find that electronic correlations can give rise to charge-density-wave order and two kinds of superconductivity. One possible superconducting state corresponds to unconventional s(+-) pairing. The other is particularly exciting as it is chiral, breaking time-reversal symmetry. Its stability depends on the precise strength and screening of the electron-electron interactions in two-dimensional TiSe2.
Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW-Dresden, D-01171 Dresden, Germany.
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Ganesh
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Chennai 600 113, India and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 2Y5.
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Baskaran
Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW-Dresden, D-01171 Dresden, Germany and Department of Physics, TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany.
Jeroen
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van den Brink
Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW-Dresden, D-01171 Dresden, Germany.
Dmitry V
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Efremov