p-wave triggered superconductivity in single layer graphene on an electron-doped oxide superconductor

Autor: Di Bernardo, Angelo, Millo, Oded, Barbone, Matteo, Alpern, Hen, Kalcheim, Yoav, Sassi, Ugo, Ott, Anna, De Fazio, Domenico, Yoon, Duhee, Amado, Mario, Ferrari, Andrea C., Linder, Jacob, Robinson, Jason W. A.
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications 8, 14024 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14024
Popis: Electron pairing in the vast majority of superconductors follows the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity, which describes the condensation of electrons into pairs with antiparallel spins in a singlet state with an s-wave symmetry. Unconventional superconductivity is predicted in single layer graphene where the electrons pair with a p-wave or chiral d-wave symmetry, depending on the position of the Fermi energy with respect to the Dirac point. By placing single layer graphene on an electron-doped (non-chiral) d-wave superconductor and performing local scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy, here we show evidence for a p-wave triggered superconducting density of states in single layer graphene. The realization of unconventional superconductivity in single layer graphene offers an exciting new route for the development of p-wave superconductivity using two-dimensional materials with transition temperatures above 4.2 K.
Databáze: arXiv