Long-range focusing of magnetic bound states in superconducting lanthanum

Howon Kim; Levente Rózsa; Dominik Schreyer; Eszter Simon; Roland Wiesendanger

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18406-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Long-range focusing of magnetic bound states in superconducting lanthanum

Howon Kim,
Levente Rózsa,
Dominik Schreyer,
Eszter Simon,
Roland Wiesendanger

Affiliations

Howon Kim: Department of Physics, University of Hamburg
Levente Rózsa: Department of Physics, University of Hamburg
Dominik Schreyer: Department of Physics, University of Hamburg
Eszter Simon: Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Roland Wiesendanger: Department of Physics, University of Hamburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18406-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Arranging magnetic impurities in a conventional superconductor may give rise to Majorana bound states and their manipulation. Here, the authors report focusing and long-range extension of magnetic bound states from magnetic impurities embedded below a superconducting La(0001) surface.

Published in Nature Communications

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