Raman response of collective modes in multicomponent superconductors

Abstract

We formulate a microscopic theory of the Raman response of superconducting collective modes in multicomponent superconductors. Starting from a general Bogoliubov--de Gennes (BdG) Hamiltonian with a separable pairing interaction, we derive a gauge-invariant expression for the Raman susceptibility, including a long-range Coulomb interaction. The resulting Raman susceptibility is directly computable for an arbitrary BdG Hamiltonian, which contains single- and multiband systems, spin-singlet and triplet order parameters, and time-reversal-symmetric and time-reversal-symmetry-breaking superconducting states. Based on the microscopic coupling between a Raman source field and collective modes, we derive a symmetry selection rule for Raman-active collective modes and show a group-theoretical classification for all crystalline point groups. This classification provides a unified framework based on the ``higher-order Lifshitz-invariant'' to identify Raman-active collective modes such as Leggett mode, Bardasis-Schrieffer (BS) mode, and clapping mode. As an application, we focus on an effective model of the heavy-fermion superconductor UTe${}_2$ with a fully gapped multicomponent odd-parity pairing state. We find sharp in-gap Raman resonances below the quasiparticle continuum, which do not correspond to a conventional Leggett mode but arise from the {\it intraband} relative modes between different pairing components.

27 pages, 5 figures

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