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The Physics of Pair-Density Waves: Cuprate Superconductors and beyond

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

D.F. Agterberg
J.C.S. Davis
S.D. Edkins
E. Fradkin
D.J. Van Harlingen
S.A. Kivelson
P.A. Lee
L. Radzihovsky
J.M. Tranquada
Y. Wang

Abstract

We review the physics of pair-density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge-density wave, and discuss related vestigial states that emerge as a consequence of partial melting of the PDW order. We review and critically discuss the mounting experimental evidence for such PDW order in the cuprate superconductors, the status of the theoretical microscopic description of such order, and the current debate on whether the PDW is a mother order or another competing order in the cuprates. In addition, we give an overview of the weak coupling version of PDW order, Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov states, in the context of cold atom systems, unconventional superconductors, and noncentrosymmetric and Weyl materials. Copyright © 2020 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved.

Date Published

Journal

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Volume

11

Number of Pages

231-270,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082132219&doi=10.1146%2fannurev-conmatphys-031119-050711&partnerID=40&md5=258e0a1dd4f855023a085f813717ab38

DOI

10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031119-050711

Group (Lab)

J.C. Seamus Davis Group

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