Experimental evidence for nodal superconducting gap in moiré graphene
ORAL · Invited
Abstract
Understanding the nature of superconductivity in magic-angle graphene remains challenging. A key difficulty lies in discerning the different energy scales in this strongly interacting system, particularly the superconducting gap. Here, we report simultaneous tunneling spectroscopy and transport measurements of magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene. This approach allows us to identify two coexisting V-shaped tunneling gaps with different energy scales: a distinct low-energy superconducting gap that vanishes at the superconducting critical temperature and magnetic field, and a higher-energy pseudogap. The superconducting tunneling spectra display a linear gap-filling behavior with temperature and magnetic field and exhibit the Volovik effect, consistent with a nodal order parameter. Our work suggests an unconventional nature of the superconducting gap and establishes an experimental framework for multidimensional investigation of tunable quantum materials.
*This work has been primarily supported by the Army Research Office MURI W911NF2120147; with support also by the 2DMAGIC MURI FA9550-19-1-0390, the MIT/Microsystems Technology Laboratories Samsung Semiconductor Research Fund, the Sagol WIS-MIT Bridge Program, the National Science Foundation (DMR-1809802), the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's EPiQS Initiative through grant GBMF9463, and the Ramon Areces Foundation (to P.J.H.).
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Publication: Science (2025); DOI: 10.1126/science.adv8376
Presenters
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Shuwen Sun
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology