| dc.contributor |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics |
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| dc.contributor |
Fu, Liang |
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| dc.creator |
Sasaki, Satoshi |
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| dc.creator |
Ren, Zhi |
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| dc.creator |
Taskin, A. A. |
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| dc.creator |
Segawa, Kouji |
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| dc.creator |
Fu, Liang |
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| dc.creator |
Ando, Yoichi |
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| dc.date |
2013-02-21T17:34:05Z |
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| dc.date |
2013-02-21T17:34:05Z |
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| dc.date |
2012-11 |
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| dc.date |
2012-07 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2023-03-01T08:02:59Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2023-03-01T08:02:59Z |
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| dc.identifier |
0031-9007 |
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| dc.identifier |
1079-7114 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77180 |
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| dc.identifier |
Sasaki, Satoshi et al. “Odd-Parity Pairing and Topological Superconductivity in a Strongly Spin-Orbit Coupled Semiconductor.” Physical Review Letters 109.21 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society |
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| dc.identifier |
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-1017 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/275966 |
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| dc.description |
The existence of topological superconductors preserving time-reversal symmetry was recently predicted, and they are expected to provide a solid-state realization of itinerant massless Majorana fermions and a route to topological quantum computation. Their first likely example, Cu[subscript x]Bi[subscript 2]Se[subscript 3], was discovered last year, but the search for new materials has so far been hindered by the lack of a guiding principle. Here, we report point-contact spectroscopy experiments suggesting that the low-carrier-density superconductor Sn[subscript 1-x]In[subscript x]Te is accompanied by surface Andreev bound states which, with the help of theoretical analysis, would give evidence for odd-parity pairing and topological superconductivity. The present and previous finding of possible topological superconductivity in Sn[subscript 1-x]In[subscript x]Te and Cu[subscript x]Bi[subscript 2]Se[subscript 3] suggests that odd-parity pairing favored by strong spin-orbit coupling is likely to be a common underlying mechanism for materializing topological superconductivity. |
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| dc.description |
United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AOARD 124038) |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en_US |
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| dc.publisher |
American Physical Society |
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| dc.relation |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.217004 |
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| dc.relation |
Physical Review Letters |
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| dc.rights |
Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. |
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| dc.source |
APS |
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| dc.title |
Odd-Parity Pairing and Topological Superconductivity in a Strongly Spin-Orbit Coupled Semiconductor |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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| dc.type |
http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle |
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