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Superconducting proximity effect in inverted InAs/GaSb quantum well structures with Ta electrodes

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901965· OSTI ID:22391952
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  1. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (United States)
  2. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)

We present our recent electronic transport results in top-gated InAs/GaSb quantum well hybrid structures with superconducting Ta electrodes. We show that the transport across the InAs−Ta junction depends largely on the interfacial transparency, exhibiting distinct zero-bias behavior. For a relatively resistive interface, a broad conductance peak is observed at zero bias. When a transparent InAs−Ta interface is achieved, a zero-bias conductance dip appears with two coherent-peak-like features forming at bias voltages corresponding to the superconducting gap of Ta. The conductance spectra of the transparent InAs−Ta junction at different gate voltages can be fit well using the standard Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk theory.

OSTI ID:
22391952
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 105; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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