Large surface conductance and superconductivity in topological insulator microstructures

Li, Yangmu; Wu, Jie; Camino, Fernando; Gu, G. D.; Božović, Ivan; Tranquada, John M.

doi:10.1063/1.5122789

Large surface conductance and superconductivity in topological insulator microstructures

Journal Article · Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5122789· OSTI ID:1572356

^[1]; Wu, Jie ^[1]; Camino, Fernando ^[1]; Gu, G. D. ^[1]; Božović, Ivan ^[1]; ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Controllable geometric manipulation via micromachining techniques provides a promising tool for enhancing useful topological electrical responses relevant to future applications such as quantum information science [P. J. W. Moll, “Focused ion beam microstructuring of quantum matter,” Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 9, 147 (2018); Jang et al., “Observation of half-height magnetization steps in Sr₂RuO₄,” Science 331, 186 (2011); Moll et al., “Transport evidence for Fermi-arc-mediated chirality transfer in the Dirac semimetal Cd₃As₂,” Nature 535, 266 (2016); Moll et al., “Evidence for hydrodynamic electron flow in PdCoO₂,” Science 351, 1061 (2016)]. Here, we present microdevices fabricated with a focused ion beam from an indium-doped topological insulator Pb_1–xSn_xTe. Furthermore, with the device thickness on the order of 1 μm and an extremely large bulk resistivity, we achieve an unprecedented enhancement of the surface contribution to about 30% of the total conductance near room temperature.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1572356

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1571675

Report Number(s):: BNL--212271-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 115; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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