Distinct Surface and Bulk Superconductivity in the Kagome Superconductor SrSn3Surface and bulk superconductivity may possess fundamentally different superconducting properties in quantum materials with nontrivial electronic structures, yet their superimposed spectroscopic…Qun Zhu, Yong-Wei Wang, Ji-Hai Zhang et al.·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Grain Boundary Engineering Effect on Vortex Matter in Superconducting FilmsGrain boundaries (GBs) in polycrystalline superconducting films act as a double-edged sword: they can pin vortices or degrade superconductivity through Josephson-like weak-link coupling. Here, we…Qun Wang, Ting Chen, Ya-Xun He et al.·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Probing bulk superconductivity in centrosymmetric Te-doped PtBi2 single crystalsThe Weyl semimetal γ-PtBi2 has been shown to be one of the most promising novel materials, recently proposed as a topological i-wave superconductor. A crucial requirement for observing this…Kilian Srowik, Pablo Pedrazzini, Soumen Ash et al.·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced Superconductivity in Multilayer FeSe Films by Simplified Molecular Beam EpitaxyMulti-unit-cell (UC) eta-FeSe films grown on SrTiO3(100) continue to attract attention because of the significant enhancement in the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) compared to that…Maria Hilse, Hemian Yi, Zhe Chen et al.·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Disorder-tuned crossing of monopole and conventional pairing instabilities in multi-Weyl semimetalsWe study how non-magnetic impurity scattering affects the emergence and possible coexistence of pairing instabilities in a two-node multi-Weyl semimetal. Within an explicitly specified projected…Enrique Muñoz, Rodrigo Soto-Garrido·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Josephson effect in bipolar magnetic semiconductorsWe theoretically investigate equilibrium currents in a one-dimensional Josephson junction incorporating a bipolar magnetic semiconductor (BMS). We show that the intrinsic exchange splitting of the…Polireddi Naveen, Abhiram Soori·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Phase-controlled perfect nonlocal spin and charge diode effects in a four-terminal Josephson junction with p-wave magnetsWe theoretically investigate charge and spin transport in a four-terminal Josephson junction with a normal-metal barrier. The top and bottom superconducting leads are equal-spin triplet py-wave…Lovy Sharma, Bimal Ghimire, Manisha Thakurathi·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Nonequilibrium pulse dynamics and metastable latching in nonlinear kinetic inductance detectorsMicrowave kinetic inductance detectors are typically operated at high readout power to raise the detector signal above system noise. At sufficiently large readout power, the current-dependent kinetic…M. Rouble, C. Albert, P. Day et al.·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Intertwined spin-charge stripe order and polar lattice distortion in La3Ni2O7The low-temperature density-wave state of La3Ni2O7 hosts pronounced spin-density-wave (SDW) order, while recent experiments further reveal charge redistribution and a concomitant…Xiaoying Li, Wenqian Tu, Run Lv et al.·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Competing Extended-s- and d-Wave Pairing from Distinct Spin-Fluctuation Channels in Stoichiometric FeTeThe recent observation of superconductivity in stoichiometric FeTe raises the question of how pairing develops in this tetragonal 11-type chalcogenide once interstitial Fe is removed. We…Yichen Hua, Wen-lin Yang, Jian-Jian Miao et al.·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Three-dimensional Ising superconductors designed via inversion-symmetry breaking in intercalated NbSe2 and NbTe2Ising superconductors exhibit in-plane upper critical fields far exceeding the Pauli paramagnetic limit, a hallmark first established in two-dimensional (2D) monolayer transition-metal…Wenqian Tu, Run Lv, Xiaoying Li et al.·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Revised symmetry rule and intrinsically time-reversal symmetry breaking pairing in multi-orbital superconductorsWe investigate the basic symmetry rule for the particle permutation in superconducting (SC) pairing states by examining the numerical solution of the linearized Eliashberg equation for Sr2RuO4.…Chang-Youn Moon·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Weak coupling theory of nickel-based 327 superconductorsThis review provides a comprehensive survey of weak-coupling theoretical approaches applied to understand the emergent superconductivity in the pressurized nickelate bilayer system…Miao Jianjian, Chen Weiqiang·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Structural disorder and critical voltage scaling in Al/AlOx/Al Josephson junction arraysThe insulating state of one-dimensional Josephson junction (JJ) arrays is governed by collective charge dynamics and disorder-induced pinning, resulting in a finite critical voltage under dc bias.…Amanuel M. Berhane, Susan Coppersmith, Emma Mitchell et al.·Aug 23, 2026SaveLearn
Optical manifestations of loop currents in Haldane's model and in time-reversal-breaking superconductorsWe present a theoretical study of optical manifestations of loop currents in Haldane's model and in time-reversal-breaking superconductors. For Haldane's model, we calculate the expectation…Azzam S. Alzahrani, Victor M. Yakovenko·Aug 22, 2026SaveLearn
Electrostatic lens of a charged vortexWe study the local electrostatic response of a charged superfluid in the presence of a cylindrically symmetric vortex, allowing both the particle density and the thermodynamic compressibility to vary…Iogann Tolbatov, Luca Salasnich·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
Superconducting ground state study of Cr-based equiatomic high-entropy alloy through μSRHigh-entropy alloy superconductors, characterized by extreme chemical disorder and complex electronic environments, have attracted significant attention as model systems for exploring…Sonika Jangid, Rhea Stewart, Adrian D. Hillier et al.·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
Time-Resolved Thermal Susceptibility Mapping via Low-Temperature Scanning Laser MicroscopyWe present a multiharmonic lock-in detection approach that utilizes the inverse Fast Fourier Transform to reconstruct the time evolution of thermal susceptibility with high spatial resolution. The…Nicolas Lejeune, Simon Van der Heyde, Alejandro V. Silhanek·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
A non-local power-law baseline for transient flux penetration in YBCO films: parameter degeneracy and constitutive limitationsWe assess whether a non-local thin-film model with a bounded, constant-exponent power law can reproduce high-speed magneto-optical measurements of transient flux penetration in a 3×3~mm2…O. A. Hernández-Flores, C. Romero-Salazar, F. Pérez-Rodr\'ıguez·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Perspectives on Magnetic/Superconductor Hybrid Systems: Long-range Electromagnetic Phenomena Induced by Proximity Effect and Interfacial Spin-orbit CouplingIn this Perspective we review recent achievements in physics and applications of hybrid superconductor-ferromagnet structures. In particular, we focus on the manifestations of the electromagnetic…S. V. Mironov, A. S. Mel'nikov, A. I. Buzdin·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Strange Metal Hall Effect in Underdoped BaFe2(As1-xPx)2The unusual transport properties of strange metals point to the breakdown of the quasiparticle picture, the understanding of which remains one of the most vexing problems in physics. Here, we report…Augusto Ghiotto, Darian Hall, Yuanqi Lyu et al.·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Photogalvanic transport of nonreciprocal Cooper-pair fluctuationsWe develop a theory of the nonlinear optical and transport responses of two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric superconductors in the fluctuation regime above the transition temperature, encompassing the…Joaquim Telles de Miranda, Alex Levchenko·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Josephson transport in YBa2Cu3O7 weak links created by focused-helium-ion-beam irradiation: Analysis based on diffusive-SNS-junction modelFabrication of YBCO weak links by focused helium ion beam irradiation is a promising approach for realizing high-temperature superconducting Josephson junction devices. Although empirical…Tetsuro Misawa, Shigeyuki Ishida, Hiroshi Eisaki et al.·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Internal cyclotron probe of the vertical polarizability of a surface-state electron on heliumWe study a surface-state electron on liquid helium in a tilted magnetic field. The tilt couples the cyclotron ladder to the vertical Rydberg-like subbands of the same electron and thereby realizes a…Kirill Shulga·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Free Energy of Non-uniform Disordered SuperconductorsWe extend the Luttinger-Ward free energy functional to disordered superconductors and superfluids with arbitrary scattering mechanisms, including both impurity disorder and the presence of…Matthias Eschrig, Anton B. Vorontsov·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn