Surface symmetry breaking and disorder effects on superconductivity in perovskite BaBi3 epitaxial films
Wen-Lin Wang, Yi-Min Zhang, Nan-Nan Luo, Jia-Qi Fan, Chong Liu, Zi-Yuan Dou, Lili Wang, Wei Li, Ke He, Can-Li Song, Yong Xu, Wenhui Duan, Xu-Cun Ma, Qi-Kun Xue
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.064511 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
The structural or electronic symmetry breaking of the host lattice is a recurrent phenomenon in many quantum materials, including superconductors. Yet, how these broken-symmetry states affect the electronic pair wave function of superconductivity has been rarely elucidated. Here, using low-temperature scanning-tunneling microscopy and first-principles calculations, we identify the broken rotational symmetry via stripe ordering on the (001) surface of perovskite BaBi3 films grown by molecular-beam epitaxy, and show that it consequently leads to anisotropic superconductivity with twofold symmetry. In contrast, the structural disorder smears out the anisotropy of electron pairing and fills superconducting subgap density of states as the film thickness is reduced. A quasi-long-range model of superconducting fluctuations is revealed to describe the tunneling conductance spectra of thin BaBi3 films well, and to exemplify how disorders contribute to the low-energy quasiparticle excitations in superconductors. Our findings help understand the effects of symmetry-breaking states and disorders on superconductivity, particularly the existing tunneling conductance spectra there.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| BaBi3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 5.9 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| BaBi3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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