Twofold Symmetry Observed in Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$/FeTe Interfacial Superconductor

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Twofold Symmetry Observed in Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$/FeTe Interfacial Superconductor
المؤلفون: Han, Xinru, Qin, Hailang, Pan, Tianluo, Guo, Bin, Shi, Kaige, Huang, Zijin, Jiang, Jie, Yin, Hangyu, He, Hongtao, Ye, Fei, Chen, Wei-Qiang, Mei, Jia-Wei, Wang, Gan
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Superconductivity, Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
الوصف: Superconducting pairing symmetry are crucial in understanding the microscopic superconducting mechanism of a superconductor. Here we report the observation of a twofold superconducting gap symmetry in an interfacial superconductor Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$/FeTe, by employing quasiparticle interference (QPI) technique in scanning tunneling microscopy and macroscopic magnetoresistance measurements. The QPI patterns corresponding to energies inside and outside the gap reveal a clear anisotropic superconducting gap. Furthermore, both the in-plane angle-dependent magnetoresistance and in-plane upper critical field exhibit a clear twofold symmetry. This twofold symmetry align with the Te-Te direction in FeTe, which weakens the possible generation by bi-collinear antiferromagnetism order. Our finding provides key information in further understanding of the topological properties in Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$/FeTe superconducting system and propels further theoretical interests in the paring mechanism in the system.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.05904
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2307.05904
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv