Yang, Xing and Yuan, Yuan and Peng, Yang and Minamitani, Emi and Peng, Lang and Xian, Jing-Jing and Zhang, Wen-Hao and Fu, Ying-Shuang (2020) Observation of short-range Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states with threefold symmetry in layered superconductor 2H-NbSe₂. Nanoscale, 12 (15). pp. 8174-8179. ISSN 2040-3364. doi:10.1039/d0nr01383h. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200406-084809823
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Abstract
Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states arise when magnetic impurities interact with superconductivity. The intricacy of coupling and the nature of the superconductivity determine the behavior of the YSR state, whose detailed correlations are not yet fully understood. Here, we study the YSR state of a single Fe adatom on the surface of 2H-NbSe₂ with combined low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, density functional theory calculations and tight-binding modeling. It is found that the Fe adatom occupies the hollow site of the Se surface layer. A prominent YSR state close to the Fermi level is observed. The YSR state exhibits a threefold symmetry along the diagonal direction of the Se lattice. The spatial decay of the YSR state follows a behavior in three-dimensional superconductivity. This behavior contrasts with a previous study of imbedded Fe impurities, whose YSR state shows a six-fold symmetry and a two-dimensional long-range decay. According to our theoretical modeling, the coupling configurations affect the adatom-substrate hopping and the interlayer coupling of the substrate. Both factors are crucial for the consequent behavior of the YSR state.
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Additional Information: | © 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Submitted 18 Feb 2020; Accepted 19 Mar 2020; First published 20 Mar 2020. This work is funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0403501, 2016YFA0401003, 2018YFA0307000), the National Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 11874161, No. 11522431, No. 11474112). Y. P. acknowledges support from the startup fund from California State University, Northridge, as well as support from the IQIM, an NSF physics frontier center funded in part by the Moore Foundation at Caltech. There are no conflicts to declare. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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