Wave-packet dynamics of Bogoliubov quasiparticles: Quantum metric effects

Long Liang, Sebastiano Peotta, Ari Harju, and Päivi Törmä
Phys. Rev. B 96, 064511 – Published 11 August 2017

Abstract

We study the dynamics of the Bogoliubov wave packet in superconductors and calculate the supercurrent carried by the wave packet. We discover an anomalous contribution to the supercurrent, related to the quantum metric of the Bloch wave function. This anomalous contribution is most important for flat or quasiflat bands, as exemplified by the attractive Hubbard models on the Creutz ladder and sawtooth lattice. Our theoretical framework is general and can be used to study a wide variety of phenomena, such as spin transport and exciton transport.

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  • Received 26 April 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.064511

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Long Liang, Sebastiano Peotta, Ari Harju, and Päivi Törmä*

  • COMP Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Fi-00076 Aalto, Finland

  • *paivi.torma@aalto.fi

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Vol. 96, Iss. 6 — 1 August 2017

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