Universal Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction dictates pairing in unconventional superconductor families
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: The collinear-antiferromagnetic spin-fluctuation paradigm has long guided unconventional superconductivity research, yet fails to reconcile the noncollinear spin phenomena observed across cuprates, iron-based superconductors, and nickelates. Using extensive first-principles calculations and unbiased large-scale DMRG simulations, we show that Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction (DMI)-arising from local inversion-symmetry breaking-is a common ingredient across these families. This DMI unifies hallmark observations in parent compounds-incommensurate orders, spin-wave gaps, and noncollinear textures. Under hole doping, strong DMI drives spin vortices to merge with pi-shifted hole stripes, forming hybrid vortex-hole stripe phases. These phases stabilize charge order while supporting, not suppressing, superconductivity. By contrast, under electron doping, these vortices pin holes and suppress long-range superconductivity. Our results establish DMI as a unifying link between noncollinear magnetism and superconductivity, identifying hole-strip-vortex coupling as a microscopic pairing engine. Given that DMI is common across major superconductor families, these findings challenge the prevailing pairing mechanism and offer an experimentally testable roadmap for materials optimization.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Yang, Baishun, Chu, Yida, Sui, Xuelei, Lin, Haiqing, Hu, Shijie, Huang, Bing
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7213944513