Proximity-Induced Superconductivity and Quantum Interference in Topological Crystalline Insulator SnTe Thin-Film Devices

• Published in: Nano letters Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 1264 - 1268
• Main Authors: Klett, Robin, Schönle, Joachim, Becker, Andreas, Dyck, Denis, Borisov, Kiril, Rott, Karsten, Ramermann, Daniela, Büker, Björn, Haskenhoff, Jan, Krieft, Jan, Hübner, Torsten, Reimer, Oliver, Shekhar, Chandra, Schmalhorst, Jan-Michael, Hütten, Andreas, Felser, Claudia, Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang, Reiss, Günter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 14.02.2018
• Subjects: Physics; Thin films; topological insulator; superconductivity; mesoscopic devices

Topological crystalline insulators represent a new state of matter, in which the electronic transport is governed by mirror-symmetry protected Dirac surface states. Due to the helical spin-polarization of these surface states, the proximity of topological crystalline matter to a nearby superconducto...