Anisotropic Superconductivity in Atomically Thin (SnxIn1-x)Bi2Te4

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Abstract

Combining superconductivity with non-trivial band topology has been an emerging research area in recent years. It is especially appealing to identify material candidates in the van der Waals family of compounds where atomically thin films may allow the control of carrier density and disentanglement of bulk and topological states. In this talk, I will describe our progress in measuring and understanding the thickness-dependent electronic response of topological superconductor candidate (Sn1-xInx)Bi2Te4. By decreasing the thickness from bulk to several layers we observe an increase in anisotropy of the superconducting state with high in-plane critical fields. Furthermore, I will discuss non-linear transport measurements above the critical temperature and their implications for the nature of superconductivity in this material.

* A portion of this work was performed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is supported by National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement No. DMR-2128556 and the State of Florida. More of this work was performed using the facilities of the University of Washington Molecular Engineering Materials Center (MEM-C), supported by the National Science Foundation Award No. DMR-1719797. Author Ovchinnikov, D. acknowledges the University of Kansas startup funding and KU Research GO award number 1004170. Author Barlow, J. acknowledges Air Force Office of Scientific Research Award No. FA9550-21-1-0177.

Publication: Michael A. McGuire et al., "Superconductivity by Alloying the Topological Insulator SnBi2Te4," Physical Review Materials 7, no. 3 (March 31, 2023): 034802, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.034802.

Presenters

  • Jack M Barlow

    University of Washington

Authors

  • Jack M Barlow

    University of Washington

  • David E Graf

    Florida State University, National High Magnetic Fields Laboratory, Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University

  • Jared Madsen

    University of Kansas

  • Salman Ahsanullah

    University of Kansas

  • Chaowei Hu

    University of Washington, Seattle, University of Washington

  • Jiaqi Cai

    University of Washington

  • Jordan M Fonseca

    University of Washington

  • Zhaoyu Liu

    University of Washington

  • Jiun-Haw Chu

    University of Washington, Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105

  • David H Cobden

    University of Washington

  • Jiaqiang Yan

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Michael A McGuire

    Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Xiaodong Xu

    University of Washington

  • Dmitry Ovchinnikov

    University of Washington