Characterization of single in situ prepared interfaces composed of niobium and a selectively-grown (Bi<sub>1-x</sub>Sb<sub>x</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> topological insulator nanoribbon

With increasing interest in Majorana physics for possible quantum bit applications, a large interest has been developed to understand the properties of the interface between a s-type superconductor and a topological insulator. Up to this point the interface analysis was mainly focused on in-situ prepared Josephson junctions, which consist of two coupled single interfaces or to ex-situ fabricated single interface devices. In our work we utilize a novel fabrication process, combining selective area growth and shadow evaporation which allows the characterization of a single in-situ fabricated Nb/(Bi0.15Sb0.85)2Te3 nano interface. The resulting high interface transparency, is apparent by a zero bias conductance increase by a factor of 1.7. Furthermore, we present a comprehensive differential conductance analysis of our single in-situ interface for various magnetic fields, temperatures and gate voltages. Additionally, density functional theory calculations of the superconductor/topological insulator interface are performed in order to explain the peak-like shape of our differential conductance spectra and the origin of the observed smearing of conductance features.

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Creator Janßen, Kevin; Rüßmann, Philipp; Liberda, Sergej; Schleenvoigt, Michael; Hou, Xiao; Rehman Jalil, Abdur; Lentz, Florian; Trellenkamp, Stefan; Bennemann, Benjamin; Zimmermann, Erik; Mussler, Gregor; Schüffelgen, Peter; Schneider, Claus-Michael; Blügel, Stefan; Grützmacher, Detlev; Plucinski, Lukasz; Schäpers, Thomas
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Publication Year 2024
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Discipline Materials Science and Engineering