Strong Superconducting Proximity Effect in Pb-Bi2Te3 Hybrid Structures

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2011-12-07

arxiv.org/abs/1112.1683v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

12 pages, 4 figures

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Majarona fermions (MFs) were predicted more than seven decades ago but are yet to be identified [1]. Recently, much attention has been paid to search for MFs in condensed matter systems [2-10]. One of the seaching schemes is to create MF at the interface between an s-wave superconductor (SC) and a 3D topological insulator (TI) [11-13]. Experimentally, progresses have been achieved in the observations of a proximity-effect-induced supercurrent [14-16], a perfect Andreev reflection [17] and a conductance peak at the Fermi level [18]. However, further characterizations are still needed to clarify the nature of the SC-TI interface. In this Letter, we report on a strong proximity effect in Pb-Bi2Te3 hybrid structures, based on which Josephson junctions and superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) can be constructed. Josephson devices of this type would provide a test-bed for exploring novel phenomena such as MFs in the future.

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