Possible signatures of mixed-parity superconductivity in doped polar SrTiO3 films

Autor: Schumann, Timo, Galletti, Luca, Jeong, Hanbyeol, Ahadi, Kaveh, Strickland, William M., Salmani-Rezaie, Salva, Stemmer, Susanne
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Physical Review B 101, 100503(R) (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.100503
Popis: Superconductors that possess both broken spatial inversion symmetry and spin-orbit interactions exhibit a mix of spin singlet and triplet pairing. Here, we report on measurements of the superconducting properties of electron-doped, strained SrTiO3 films. These films have an enhanced superconducting transition temperature and were previously shown to undergo a transition to a polar phase prior to becoming superconducting. We show that some films show signatures of an unusual superconducting state, such as an in-plane critical field that is higher than both the paramagnetic and orbital pair breaking limits. Moreover, nonreciprocal transport, which reflects the ratio of odd versus even pairing interactions, is observed. Together, these characteristics indicate that these films provide a tunable platform for investigations of unconventional superconductivity.
Databáze: arXiv