Simultaneous nodal superconductivity and broken time-reversal symmetry in CaPtAs
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 08:40
in Physics & Chemistry
In the vast majority of superconducting materials, Cooper pairs have what is known as even parity, which essentially means that their wave function does not change when electrons swap spatial coordinates. Conversely, some unconventional superconductors have been found to contain odd-parity Cooper pairs. This quality makes these unconventional materials particularly promising for quantum computing applications.