Observation of Superconductivity in Few-layers WTe2 Induced by Normal Contacts*

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Abstract

WTe2 is a material possessing topological properties both as a bulk crystal and single layer. In the former case, it is a type-II Weyl semimetal and in the latter a quantum spin Hall state. Resent reports showing the possibility to induce superconductivity in WTe2 by proximity to a bulk superconductor or by electrostatic gating make it a promising platform for topological superconductivity and quantum computation. Here we report on a novel mechanism of inducing superconductivity within few-layers of WTe2 by normal metal contacts. In transport measurements we find that the induced superconductivity is highly anisotropic in magnetic field and survives up to 7 Tesla in in-plane field. Superconducting transport persists over µm distances at temperatures up to 1 Kelvin. Our results could provide insight to the superconducting state in WTe2 and its topological nature.

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Presenters

  • Artem Kononov

    Department of Physics, University of Basel

Authors

  • Artem Kononov

    Department of Physics, University of Basel

  • Gulibusitan Abulizi

    Department of Physics, University of Basel

  • Andreas Baumgartner

    Department of Physics, University of Basel

  • Kejian Qu

    Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee

  • Jiaqiang Yan

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA), Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology, Materials Science and Technology, Oak Ridge National Lab, Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee

  • David George Mandrus

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Lab, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee (Knoxville, USA), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Department of Material Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee, Material Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Materials Science and Technology, Materials Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee

  • Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0044, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, National Institute of Materials Science, NIMS, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), NIMS Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science (Japan), NIMS, National Institute for Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science , Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan., Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305- 0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science - Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan, National Institute of Material Science, Advanced Material Lab, NIMS, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS/Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044 Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki, 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan, Columbia University, Advanced Materials Labaratory, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 205-0044, Japan, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, National Institute of Materials Science, NIMS, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), NIMS Tsukuba, NIMS, National Institute for Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science , Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305- 0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science - Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan, National Institute of Material Science, Advanced Material Lab, NIMS, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS/Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044 Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki, 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan, Advanced Materials Labaratory, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 205-0044, Japan, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

  • Christian Schonenberger

    Department of Physics, University of Basel