セガワ コウジ   SEGAWA KOJI
  瀬川 耕司
   所属   京都産業大学  理学部 物理科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2014/12
形態種別 研究論文
標題 Superconductor derived from a topological insulator heterostructure
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 PHYSICAL REVIEW B
出版社・発行元 AMER PHYSICAL SOC
巻・号・頁 90(22)
著者・共著者 Satoshi Sasaki,Kouji Segawa,Yoichi Ando
概要 Topological superconductors (TSCs) are of significant current interest because they offer promising platforms for finding Majorana fermions. Here we report on a superconductor synthesized by intercalating Cu into a naturally formed topological insulator (TI) heterostructure consisting of Bi2Se3 TI units separated by nontopological PbSe units. Interestingly, in this TI-based superconductor, the specific-heat behavior suggests the occurrence of unconventional superconductivity with gap nodes. The existence of gap nodes in a strongly spin-orbit coupled superconductor would give rise to spin-split Andreev bound states that are the hallmark of topological superconductivity. Hence, this superconductor emerges as an intriguing candidate TSC.
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.220504
ISSN 1098-0121/1550-235X
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