Superconducting phase boundaries and gap symmetry of the candidate topological superconductor In0.8Pb0.2Te
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Abstract
The family of (Sn,In,Pb)Te compounds is expected to contain members which are topological superconductors. Recently, it was observed that the solubility limit of Pb in In1-xPbxTe can be substantially raised via high-pressure synthesis, forming a cubic NaCl-type structure with an enhancement of Tc from ~3 K to ~5 K. We present the superconducting phase diagram of the x = 0.2 member (Tc ~4.7 K), finding lower and upper critical fields of 3.2 mT and 2.12 T, respectively. We report on a full superconducting gap as deduced from penetration depth measurements using the TDO technique at temperatures as low as ~450 mK, eliminating a nodal, odd-parity topological superconducting state as a possibility.
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Presenters
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Jared Z Dans
Hofstra University
Authors
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Jared Z Dans
Hofstra University
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Matthew P Smylie
Hofstra University
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Kaya Kobayashi
Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama Univ
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Kaya Kobayashi
Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama Univ
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Kaya Kobayashi
Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama Univ
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Ramakanta Chapai
Argonne National Laboratory, Louisiana State University
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Wai-Kwong K Kwok
Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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Ulrich Welp
Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439