Observation of superconducting gap spectra of long-range proximity effect in Au/SrTiO$_3$/SrRuO$_3$/Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ tunnel junctions

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العنوان: Observation of superconducting gap spectra of long-range proximity effect in Au/SrTiO$_3$/SrRuO$_3$/Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ tunnel junctions
المؤلفون: Anwar, M. S., Kunieda, M., Ishiguro, R., Lee, S. R., Olthof, L. A. B. Olde, Robinson, J. W. A., Yonezawa, S., Noh, T. W., Maeno, Y.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. B 100, 024516 (2019)
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
الوصف: We observe an unconventional superconducting minigap induced into a ferromagnet SrRuO$_3$ from a spin-triplet superconductor Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ using a Au/SrTiO$_3$/SrRuO$_3$/Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ tunnel junction. Voltage bias differential conductance of the tunnel junctions exhibits V-shaped gap features around zero bias, corresponding to a decrease in the density-of-states with an opening of a superconducting minigap in SrRuO$_3$. Observation of a minigap at a surface of a 15~nm thick SrRuO$_3$ layers confirms the spin-triplet nature of induced superconductivity. The shape and temperature dependence of the gap features in the differential conductance indicate that the even-frequency $p$-wave correlations dominate, over odd-frequency $s$-wave correlations. Theoretical calculations support this $p$-wave scenario. Our work provides the density-of-states proof for $p$-wave Cooper pair penetration in a ferromagnet and significantly put forward our understanding of the $p$-wave spin-triplet proximity effect between spin-triplet superconductors and ferromagnets.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.024516
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.02093
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1903.02093
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.024516