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Article: Interplay between topological insulators and superconductors

TitleInterplay between topological insulators and superconductors
Authors
Issue Date2012
PublisherAmerican Physical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://prb.aps.org/
Citation
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 2012, v. 85 n. 4, article no. 045415 , p. 1-7 How to Cite?
AbstractTopological insulators are insulating in the bulk but possess metallic surface states protected by time-reversal symmetry. Here, we report on a detailed electronic transport study in high-quality Bi 2Se 3 topological insulator thin films contacted by superconducting (In, Al, and W) electrodes. The resistance of the film shows an abrupt and significant upturn when the electrodes become superconducting. In turn, the Bi 2Se 3 film greatly weakens the superconductivity of the electrodes, significantly reducing both their transition temperatures and their critical fields. A possible interpretation of these results is that the superconducting electrodes are accessing the surface states and the experimental results are consequences of the interplay between the Cooper pairs of the electrodes and the spin-polarized current of the surface states in Bi 2Se 3. © 2012 American Physical Society.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/144568
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2014 Impact Factor: 3.736
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Pennsylvania State University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center under US National Science FoundationDMR-0820404
National Basic Research Program of China2012CB921300
Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionHKU 7061/10P
HKU 10/CRF/08
(Chinese) National Science Foundation
Ministry of Science and Technology of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China11174007
Funding Information:

This work was supported by the Pennsylvania State University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center under US National Science Foundation Grant No. DMR-0820404, the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB921300), the General Research Fund (Grant No. HKU 7061/10P) and Collaborative Research Fund (Grant No. HKU 10/CRF/08) from the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the (Chinese) National Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11174007). We are grateful to J. Jain, X. Qi, S. Zhang, L. Fu, C. Liu, Y. Ran, and M. Tian for illuminating discussions.

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dc.contributor.authorChang, CZen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLi, Hen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHe, Ken_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Den_HK
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorMa, XCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSamarth, Nen_HK
dc.contributor.authorXie, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorXue, QKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, MHWen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-03T06:14:14Z-
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dc.date.issued2012en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 2012, v. 85 n. 4, article no. 045415 , p. 1-7-
dc.identifier.issn1098-0121en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/144568-
dc.description.abstractTopological insulators are insulating in the bulk but possess metallic surface states protected by time-reversal symmetry. Here, we report on a detailed electronic transport study in high-quality Bi 2Se 3 topological insulator thin films contacted by superconducting (In, Al, and W) electrodes. The resistance of the film shows an abrupt and significant upturn when the electrodes become superconducting. In turn, the Bi 2Se 3 film greatly weakens the superconductivity of the electrodes, significantly reducing both their transition temperatures and their critical fields. A possible interpretation of these results is that the superconducting electrodes are accessing the surface states and the experimental results are consequences of the interplay between the Cooper pairs of the electrodes and the spin-polarized current of the surface states in Bi 2Se 3. © 2012 American Physical Society.en_HK
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dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://prb.aps.org/en_HK
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