Exploring Unique Electronic States at Topological Insulator - High-Temperature Superconductor Interfaces

Abstract

We report significant achievements, including the worlds first observation of proximity-induced superconductivity in mesoscopic Josephson-junction devices that were fabricated using Pb.5Sn.5Te topological crystalline insulators that were grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at the US Army Research Laboratory. Other achievements include growth, characterization, and theory of thin layers semiconductor tin and a new magneto-terahertz response technique to isolate real topological signatures of bulk states in Dirac and Weyl semimetals. Significant progress has been made toward the MBE growth of stanene.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1054282

Entities

People

  • Barbara Nichols
  • Charles Rong
  • George De Coster
  • Owen Vail
  • Patrick Folkes
  • Patrick Taylor

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Critical Temperature
  • Dielectrics
  • Diffraction
  • Electronic States
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • High Temperature
  • Josephson Junctions
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Molecular Beams
  • Phase Transformations
  • Quantum Wells
  • Raman Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Superconductivity
  • Superconductors
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene