Bi-2212/1T-TaS2 Van der Waals junctions: Interplay of proximity induced high-T c superconductivity and CDW order
Abstract
Understanding the coexistence, competition and/or cooperation between superconductivity and charge density waves (CDWs) in the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is an elusive goal which, when realized, promises to reveal fundamental information on this important class of materials. Here in this paper, we use four-terminal current-voltage measurements to study the Van der Waals interface between freshly exfoliated flakes of the high-Tc superconductor, Bi-2212, and the CDW-dominated TMD layered material, 1T-TaS2. For highly transparent barriers, there is a pronounced Andreev reflection feature providing evidence for proximity-induced high-Tc superconductivity in 1T-TaS2 with a surprisingly large energy gap (~20 meV) equal to half that of intrinsic Bi-2212 (~40 meV). Our systematic study using conductance spectroscopy of junctions with different transparencies also reveals the presence of two separate boson modes, each associated with a “dip-hump” structure. Finally, we infer that the proximityinduced high-Tc superconductivity in the 1T-TaS2 is driven by coupling to the metastable metallic phase coexisting within the Mott commensurate CDW (CCDW) phase and associated with a concomitant change of the CCDW order parameter in the interfacial region.
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- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1424730
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-86ER45268; DMR–1305783
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- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
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- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Surfaces, interfaces and thin films; Electronic properties and materials; Superconducting properties and materials
Citation Formats
Li, Ang J., Zhu, Xiaochen, Stewart, G. R., and Hebard, Arthur F. Bi-2212/1T-TaS2 Van der Waals junctions: Interplay of proximity induced high-T c superconductivity and CDW order. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04645-1.
Li, Ang J., Zhu, Xiaochen, Stewart, G. R., & Hebard, Arthur F. Bi-2212/1T-TaS2 Van der Waals junctions: Interplay of proximity induced high-T c superconductivity and CDW order. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04645-1
Li, Ang J., Zhu, Xiaochen, Stewart, G. R., and Hebard, Arthur F. 2017.
"Bi-2212/1T-TaS2 Van der Waals junctions: Interplay of proximity induced high-T c superconductivity and CDW order". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04645-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1424730.
@article{osti_1424730,
title = {Bi-2212/1T-TaS2 Van der Waals junctions: Interplay of proximity induced high-T c superconductivity and CDW order},
author = {Li, Ang J. and Zhu, Xiaochen and Stewart, G. R. and Hebard, Arthur F.},
abstractNote = {Understanding the coexistence, competition and/or cooperation between superconductivity and charge density waves (CDWs) in the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is an elusive goal which, when realized, promises to reveal fundamental information on this important class of materials. Here in this paper, we use four-terminal current-voltage measurements to study the Van der Waals interface between freshly exfoliated flakes of the high-Tc superconductor, Bi-2212, and the CDW-dominated TMD layered material, 1T-TaS2. For highly transparent barriers, there is a pronounced Andreev reflection feature providing evidence for proximity-induced high-Tc superconductivity in 1T-TaS2 with a surprisingly large energy gap (~20 meV) equal to half that of intrinsic Bi-2212 (~40 meV). Our systematic study using conductance spectroscopy of junctions with different transparencies also reveals the presence of two separate boson modes, each associated with a “dip-hump” structure. Finally, we infer that the proximityinduced high-Tc superconductivity in the 1T-TaS2 is driven by coupling to the metastable metallic phase coexisting within the Mott commensurate CDW (CCDW) phase and associated with a concomitant change of the CCDW order parameter in the interfacial region.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-04645-1},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1424730},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
issn = {2045-2322},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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