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Conductance oscillations and zero-bias anomaly in a single superconducting junction to a three-dimensional Bi2Te3 topological insulator. / Shvetsov, O. O.; Kostarev, V. A.; Kononov, A. et al.
In: Europhysics Letters, Vol. 119, No. 5, 57009, 01.09.2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Conductance oscillations and zero-bias anomaly in a single superconducting junction to a three-dimensional Bi2Te3 topological insulator
AU - Shvetsov, O. O.
AU - Kostarev, V. A.
AU - Kononov, A.
AU - Golyashov, V. A.
AU - Kokh, K. A.
AU - Tereshchenko, O. E.
AU - Deviatov, E. V.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - We experimentally investigate Andreev transport through a single junction between an s-wave indium superconductor and a thick film of a three-dimensional Bi2Te3 topological insulator. We study Bi2Te3 samples with different bulk and surface characteristics, where the presence of a topological surface state is confirmed by direct ARPES measurements. All the junctions demonstrate Andreev transport within the superconducting gap. For junctions with transparent In-Bi2Te3 interfaces we find a number of nearly periodic conductance oscillations, which are accompanied by zero-bias conductance anomaly. Both effects disappear above the superconducting transition or for resistive junctions. We propose a consistent interpretation of both effects as originating from proximity-induced superconducting correlations within the Bi2Te3 topological surface state.
AB - We experimentally investigate Andreev transport through a single junction between an s-wave indium superconductor and a thick film of a three-dimensional Bi2Te3 topological insulator. We study Bi2Te3 samples with different bulk and surface characteristics, where the presence of a topological surface state is confirmed by direct ARPES measurements. All the junctions demonstrate Andreev transport within the superconducting gap. For junctions with transparent In-Bi2Te3 interfaces we find a number of nearly periodic conductance oscillations, which are accompanied by zero-bias conductance anomaly. Both effects disappear above the superconducting transition or for resistive junctions. We propose a consistent interpretation of both effects as originating from proximity-induced superconducting correlations within the Bi2Te3 topological surface state.
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U2 - 10.1209/0295-5075/119/57009
DO - 10.1209/0295-5075/119/57009
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VL - 119
JO - Europhysics Letters
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