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<p>Topological superconductors, characterized by spin-triplet Cooper pairing, are important for exploring unconventional pairing mechanisms and protected quantum states. Yet experimentally established odd-parity, spin-triplet superconductors remain scarce. Here we demonstrate that the heavy-fermion compound YbRh<sub>2</sub>Si<sub>2</sub> hosts distinct magnetic-field-tuned superconducting states, both Pauli limited and beyond this limit, revealed by high-resolution measurements of the complex electrical impedance. We also find that superconductivity is abruptly suppressed at the critical field associated with the primary antiferromagnetic transition of this compound. The onset of electro-nuclear spin density wave order enhances the superconductivity. We propose that this behaviour can be explained by the formation of a pair density wave that boosts a selected spin-triplet superconducting order parameter. Together, our findings indicate odd-parity superconductivity in YbRh<sub>2</sub>Si<sub>2</sub> and point to one of the superconducting states being the topological helical phase.</p>

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Evidence for odd-parity superconductivity underpinned by antiferromagnetism in heavy-fermion metal YbRh2Si2

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    2026年4月3日

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  • Lev V. Levitin,
  • Jan Knapp,
  • Petra Knappová,
  • Marijn Lucas,
  • Ján Nyéki,
  • Petri Heikkinen,
  • Vladimir Antonov,
  • Andrew Casey,
  • Andrew F. Ho,
  • Piers Coleman,
  • Christoph Geibel,
  • Alexander Steppke,
  • Kristin Kliemt,
  • Cornelius Krellner,
  • Manuel Brando,
  • John Saunders

摘要

Topological superconductors, characterized by spin-triplet Cooper pairing, are important for exploring unconventional pairing mechanisms and protected quantum states. Yet experimentally established odd-parity, spin-triplet superconductors remain scarce. Here we demonstrate that the heavy-fermion compound YbRh2Si2 hosts distinct magnetic-field-tuned superconducting states, both Pauli limited and beyond this limit, revealed by high-resolution measurements of the complex electrical impedance. We also find that superconductivity is abruptly suppressed at the critical field associated with the primary antiferromagnetic transition of this compound. The onset of electro-nuclear spin density wave order enhances the superconductivity. We propose that this behaviour can be explained by the formation of a pair density wave that boosts a selected spin-triplet superconducting order parameter. Together, our findings indicate odd-parity superconductivity in YbRh2Si2 and point to one of the superconducting states being the topological helical phase.