Journal Articles Physical Review B Year : 2016

Enhancing superconductivity in A3C60 fullerides

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Motivated by the recent experimental report of a possible light-induced superconductivity in K3C60 at high temperature [Mitrano et al., Nature 530, 451 (2016)], we investigate theoretical mechanisms for enhanced superconductivity in A3C60 fullerenes. We find that an ‘interaction imbalance’ corresponding to a smaller value of the Coulomb matrix element for two of the molecular orbitals in comparison to the third one, efficiently enhances superconductivity. Furthermore, we perform firstprinciple calculations of the changes in the electronic structure and in the screened Coulomb matrix elements of K3C60 , brought in by the deformation associated with the pumped T1u intra-molecular mode. We find that an interaction imbalance is indeed induced, with a favorable sign and magnitude for superconductivity enhancement. The physical mechanism responsible for this enhancement consists in a stabilisation of the intra-molecular states containing a singlet pair, while preserving the orbital fluctuations allowing for a coherent inter-orbital delocalization of the pair. Other perturbations have also been considered and found to be detrimental to superconductivity. The light-induced deformation and ensuing interaction imbalance is shown to bring superconductivity further into the strong-coupling regime.
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cea-01471958 , version 1 (08-01-2025)

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Minjae Kim, Yusuke Nomura, Michel Ferrero, Priyanka Seth, Olivier Parcollet, et al.. Enhancing superconductivity in A3C60 fullerides. Physical Review B, 2016, 94 (15), pp.155152. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.94.155152⟩. ⟨cea-01471958⟩
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