Proximity effect in a superconductor–topological insulator heterostructure based on first principles
Kyungwha Park, Gabor Csire, Balazs Ujfalussy
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.134504 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
Superconductor–topological insulator (SC-TI) heterostructures were proposed to be a possible platform to realize and control Majorana zero modes. Despite experimental signatures indicating their existence, univocal interpretation of the observed features demands theories including realistic electronic structures. To achieve this, we solve the Kohn–Sham–Dirac–Bogoliubov–de Gennes equations for ultrathin Bi2Se3 films on superconductor palladium telluride within the fully relativistic Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method and investigate quasiparticle spectra as a function of chemical potential and film thickness. We find multiple proximity-induced gaps where the gap sizes highly depend on characteristics of the TI states. The TI Dirac interface state is relevant to the induced gap only when the chemical potential is close to the Dirac-point energy. Otherwise, at a given chemical potential, the largest induced gap arises from the highest-energy quantum-well states, whereas the smallest gap arises from the TI topological surface state with its gap size depending on the TI pairing potential.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| PdTe Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 4.5 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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