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Title: Superconducting thin films of (100) and (111) oriented indium doped topological crystalline insulator SnTe

Abstract

Recent discovery of the topological crystalline insulator SnTe has triggered a search for topological superconductors, which have potential application to topological quantum computing. The present work reports on the superconducting properties of indium doped SnTe thin films. The (100) and (111) oriented thin films were epitaxially grown by pulsed-laser deposition on (100) and (111) BaF2 crystalline substrates respectively. The onset superconducting transition temperatures are about 3.8 K for (100) and 3.6 K for (111) orientations, slightly lower than that of the bulk. Magneto-resistive measurements indicate that these thin films may have upper critical fields higher than that of the bulk. With large surface-to-bulk ratio, superconducting indium doped SnTe thin films provide a rich platform for the study of topological superconductivity and potential device applications based on topological superconductors.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1226042
Report Number(s):
BNL-108397-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951; R&D Project: MA012MABA; PO010; KC0202050; KC0201060
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 09; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Si, W., Zhang, C., Wu, L., Ozaki, T., Gu, G., and Li, Q. Superconducting thin films of (100) and (111) oriented indium doped topological crystalline insulator SnTe. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4929815.
Si, W., Zhang, C., Wu, L., Ozaki, T., Gu, G., & Li, Q. Superconducting thin films of (100) and (111) oriented indium doped topological crystalline insulator SnTe. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929815
Si, W., Zhang, C., Wu, L., Ozaki, T., Gu, G., and Li, Q. Tue . "Superconducting thin films of (100) and (111) oriented indium doped topological crystalline insulator SnTe". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929815. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1226042.
@article{osti_1226042,
title = {Superconducting thin films of (100) and (111) oriented indium doped topological crystalline insulator SnTe},
author = {Si, W. and Zhang, C. and Wu, L. and Ozaki, T. and Gu, G. and Li, Q.},
abstractNote = {Recent discovery of the topological crystalline insulator SnTe has triggered a search for topological superconductors, which have potential application to topological quantum computing. The present work reports on the superconducting properties of indium doped SnTe thin films. The (100) and (111) oriented thin films were epitaxially grown by pulsed-laser deposition on (100) and (111) BaF2 crystalline substrates respectively. The onset superconducting transition temperatures are about 3.8 K for (100) and 3.6 K for (111) orientations, slightly lower than that of the bulk. Magneto-resistive measurements indicate that these thin films may have upper critical fields higher than that of the bulk. With large surface-to-bulk ratio, superconducting indium doped SnTe thin films provide a rich platform for the study of topological superconductivity and potential device applications based on topological superconductors.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4929815},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 09,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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