Nature Communications (May 2019)

Transport evidence of asymmetric spin–orbit coupling in few-layer superconducting 1T d-MoTe2

  • Jian Cui,
  • Peiling Li,
  • Jiadong Zhou,
  • Wen-Yu He,
  • Xiangwei Huang,
  • Jian Yi,
  • Jie Fan,
  • Zhongqing Ji,
  • Xiunian Jing,
  • Fanming Qu,
  • Zhi Gang Cheng,
  • Changli Yang,
  • Li Lu,
  • Kazu Suenaga,
  • Junwei Liu,
  • Kam Tuen Law,
  • Junhao Lin,
  • Zheng Liu,
  • Guangtong Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09995-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides with peculiar spin–orbit coupling may lead to exotic phenomena. Here, the authors report a large in-plane upper critical field with a two-fold symmetry, suggesting a novel asymmetric spin–orbit coupling in few-layer 1T d-MoTe2.