Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 9, (2020)

Evidence for topological superconductivity: Topological edge states in Bi2Te3/FeTe heterostructure

Bin Guo1, Kai-Ge Shi1, Hai-Lang Qin1, Liang Zhou1, Wei-Qiang Chen1, Fei Ye1, Jia-Wei Mei1, Hong-Tao He1, Tian-Luo Pan1、†, and Gan Wang1,2
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  • 1Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering & Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 58055, China
  • 2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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    Majorana fermions have been predicted to exist at the edge states of a two-dimensional topological superconductor. We fabricated single quintuple layer (QL) Bi2Te3/FeTe heterostructure with the step-flow epitaxy method and studied the topological properties of this system by using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy. We observed the coexistence of robust superconductivity and edge states on the single QL Bi2Te3 islands which can be potential evidence for topological superconductor.

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    Bin Guo, Kai-Ge Shi, Hai-Lang Qin, Liang Zhou, Wei-Qiang Chen, Fei Ye, Jia-Wei Mei, Hong-Tao He, Tian-Luo Pan, Gan Wang. Evidence for topological superconductivity: Topological edge states in Bi2Te3/FeTe heterostructure[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(9):

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    Received: Apr. 13, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2021

    The Author Email: Pan Tian-Luo (pantl@sustech.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/abaf9c

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