Massive Suppression of Proximity Pairing in Topological Films on Niobium
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Münster (Germany)
- Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France); Synchrotron SOLEIL, Paris (France)
Interfacing bulk conducting topological Bi2Se3 films with s-wave superconductors initiates strong superconducting order in the nontrivial surface states. Yet, bulk insulating topological (Bi1-xSbx)2Te3 films on bulk Nb instead exhibit a giant attenuation of surface superconductivity, even for films only two-layers thick. This massive suppression of proximity pairing is shown by ultrahigh-resolution band mappings and by contrasting quantified superconducting gaps with those of heavily n-doped topological Bi2Se3/Nb. The results underscore the limitations of using superconducting proximity effects to realize topological superconductivity in nearly intrinsic systems.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF); French National Research Agency (ANR)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-07ER46383; W911NF-19-1-0067; DMR 18-36710; ANR-17-CE09-0016-05
- OSTI ID:
- 1633111
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 124, Issue 23; ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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