Drive the Dirac electrons into Cooper pairs in SrxBi2Se3

Guan Du; Jifeng Shao; Xiong Yang; Zengyi Du; Delong Fang; Jinghui Wang; Kejing Ran; Jinsheng Wen; Changjin Zhang; Huan Yang; Yuheng Zhang; Hai-Hu Wen

doi:10.1038/ncomms14466

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Drive the Dirac electrons into Cooper pairs in SrxBi2Se3

Guan Du,
Jifeng Shao,
Xiong Yang,
Zengyi Du,
Delong Fang,
Jinghui Wang,
Kejing Ran,
Jinsheng Wen,
Changjin Zhang,
Huan Yang,
Yuheng Zhang,
Hai-Hu Wen

Affiliations

Guan Du: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Jifeng Shao: High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Science and Technology of China
Xiong Yang: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Zengyi Du: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Delong Fang: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Jinghui Wang: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Kejing Ran: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Jinsheng Wen: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Changjin Zhang: High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Science and Technology of China
Huan Yang: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University
Yuheng Zhang: High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Science and Technology of China
Hai-Hu Wen: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14466
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Whether and how the Dirac electrons can be driven into superconducting state remains unclear. Here, Duet al. present systematic study to demonstrate the Dirac electrons condensing into Cooper pairs on the surface of a possible topological superconductor SrxBi2Se3.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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