Atomic-layer Rashba-type superconductor protected by dynamic spin-momentum locking

Shunsuke Yoshizawa; Takahiro Kobayashi; Yoshitaka Nakata; Koichiro Yaji; Kenta Yokota; Fumio Komori; Shik Shin; Kazuyuki Sakamoto; Takashi Uchihashi

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21642-1

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Atomic-layer Rashba-type superconductor protected by dynamic spin-momentum locking

Shunsuke Yoshizawa,
Takahiro Kobayashi,
Yoshitaka Nakata,
Koichiro Yaji,
Kenta Yokota,
Fumio Komori,
Shik Shin,
Kazuyuki Sakamoto,
Takashi Uchihashi

Affiliations

Shunsuke Yoshizawa: Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, National Institute for Materials Science
Takahiro Kobayashi: Department of Material and Life Science, Osaka University
Yoshitaka Nakata: Department of Materials Science, Chiba University
Koichiro Yaji: Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
Kenta Yokota: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science
Fumio Komori: Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
Shik Shin: Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Sakamoto: Department of Materials Science, Chiba University
Takashi Uchihashi: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21642-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The effect of Rashba spin orbit coupling (SOC) on superconductivity remains elusive. Here, the authors report largely enhanced in-plane upper critical magnetic field due to Rashba SOC induced dynamic spin-momentum locking on the surfaces of an atomic-layer superconductor.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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