Non-unitary multiorbital superconductivity from competing interactions in Dirac materials

Abstract

Unconventional superconductors represent one of the most intriguing quantum states of matter. In particular, multiorbital systems have the potential to host exotic non-unitary superconducting states. While the microscopic origin of non-unitarity is not yet fully solved, competing interactions are suggested to play a crucial role in stabilizing such states. The interplay between charge order and superconductivity has been a recurring theme in unconventionally superconducting systems, ranging from cuprate-based superconductors to dichalcogenide systems and even to twisted van der Waals materials. Here, we demonstrate that the existence of competing interactions gives rise to a non-unitary superconducting state. We show that the non-unitarity stems from a competing charge-ordered state whose interplay with superconductivity promotes a non-trivial multiorbital order. We establish this mechanism both from a Ginzburg-Landau perspective, and also from a fully microscopic selfconsistent solution of a multiorbital Dirac material. Our results put forward competing interactions as a powerful mechanism for driving non-unitary multiorbital superconductivity.

Main: 4 pages, 3 figures. Supmat: 4 pages, 1 figure. Comments are welcome!

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