Microscopic simulation of superconductor/topological insulator proximity structures
Mahmoud Lababidi, Erhai Zhao
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.184511 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We present microscopic, self-consistent calculations of the superconducting order parameter and pairing correlations near the interface of an s-wave superconductor and a three-dimensional topological insulator with spin-orbit coupling. We discuss the suppression of the order parameter by the topological insulator and show that the equal-time pair correlation functions in the triplet channel, induced by spin-flip scattering at the interface, are of px±ipy symmetry. We verify that the spectrum at subgap energies is well described by the Fu-Kane model. The subgap modes are viewed as interface states with spectral weight penetrating well into the superconductor. We extract the phenomenological parameters of the Fu-Kane model from microscopic calculations, and find they are strongly renormalized from the bulk material parameters. This is consistent with previous results of Stanescu et al. for a lattice model using perturbation theory in the tunneling limit.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| CuxBi2Se3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 3.8 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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