Even odder after twenty-three years: the superconducting order parameter puzzle of Sr2RuO4

AP Mackenzie, T Scaffidi, CW Hicks, Y Maeno - npj Quantum Materials, 2017 - nature.com
In this short review, we aim to provide a topical update on the status of efforts to understand
the superconductivity of Sr2RuO4. We concentrate on efforts to identify a superconducting …

Theory of Majorana zero modes in unconventional superconductors

Y Tanaka, S Tamura, J Cayao - Progress of Theoretical and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Majorana fermions are spin-1/2 neutral particles that are their own antiparticles and
were initially predicted by Ettore Majorana in particle physics but their observation still …

Constraints on the superconducting order parameter in Sr2RuO4 from oxygen-17 nuclear magnetic resonance

A Pustogow, Y Luo, A Chronister, YS Su, DA Sokolov… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Phases of matter are usually identified through spontaneous symmetry breaking, especially
regarding unconventional superconductivity and the interactions from which it originates. In …

Thermodynamic evidence for a two-component superconducting order parameter in Sr2RuO4

S Ghosh, A Shekhter, F Jerzembeck, N Kikugawa… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Sr2RuO4 has stood as the leading candidate for a spin-triplet superconductor for 26 years.
However, recent NMR experiments have cast doubt on this candidacy, and it is difficult to …

Stabilizing even-parity chiral superconductivity in

HG Suh, H Menke, PMR Brydon, C Timm… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Strontium ruthenate (Sr 2 RuO 4) has long been thought to host a spin-triplet chiral p-wave
superconducting state. However, the singletlike response observed in recent spin …

A proposal for reconciling diverse experiments on the superconducting state in Sr2RuO4

SA Kivelson, AC Yuan, B Ramshaw… - npj Quantum Materials, 2020 - nature.com
A variety of precise experiments have been carried out to establish the character of the
superconducting state in Sr2RuO4. Many of these appear to imply contradictory conclusions …

Evidence for even parity unconventional superconductivity in Sr2RuO4

A Chronister, A Pustogow… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Unambiguous identification of the superconducting order parameter symmetry in Sr 2 RuO 4
has remained elusive for more than a quarter century. While a chiral p-wave ground state …

Ultrasound evidence for a two-component superconducting order parameter in Sr2RuO4

S Benhabib, C Lupien, I Paul, L Berges, M Dion… - Nature physics, 2021 - nature.com
The quasi-two-dimensional metal Sr2RuO4 is one of the best characterized unconventional
superconductors, yet the nature of its superconducting order parameter is still under debate …

Knight Shift and Leading Superconducting Instability from Spin Fluctuations in

AT Rømer, DD Scherer, IM Eremin, PJ Hirschfeld… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Recent nuclear magnetic resonance studies [A. Pustogow et al., Nature 574, 72 (2019)]
have challenged the prevalent chiral triplet pairing scenario proposed for Sr 2 RuO 4. To …

Topological superconductors from a materials perspective

M Mandal, NC Drucker, P Siriviboon… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Topological superconductors (TSCs) have garnered significant research and industry
attention in the past two decades. By hosting Majorana bound states which can be used as …