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Spin Triplet Superconductivity Odd Parity in SrRuO4: An Update
Add to Calendar 2018-08-30T15:45:00 2018-08-30T16:45:00 UTC Spin Triplet Superconductivity Odd Parity in SrRuO4: An Update

Physics Colloquium

Osmond Lab (117)
Start DateThu, Aug 30, 2018
11:45 AM
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End DateThu, Aug 30, 2018
12:45 PM
Presented By
Ying Liu, The Pennsylvania State University

Physics Colloquium

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A body of experimental evidence showing that Sr2RuO4 is spin-triplet, p-wave superconductor, an electronic analog of superfluid 3He as predicted theoretically, has been accumulating over the years. In particular, the Josephson coupling and phase-sensitive measurements on the pairing symmetry in Sr2RuO4 carried out at Penn State demonstrated clearly that Sr2RuO4 is an odd-parity superconductor with the d-vector along the caxis. Combining with the group theory analysis, these findings also suggested that Sr2RuO4 should possess the very special p±ip pairing state, making Sr2RuO4 a topological superconductor featuring Majorano zero energy modes. On the other hand, whether Sr2RuO4 is such a chiral p-wave superconductor has not been settled thus far because of the lack of direct experimental evidence for chiral edge currents that must be present in order for Sr2RuO4 to be chiral. In this talk, I will discuss the current status of the Sr2RuO4research and our most recent efforts in detecting the chiral edge currents. I will also discuss our future research in Sr2RuO4 and 2D crystals of single- and multi-layer transition metal chalcogendes in which unconventional superconductivity is also expected.