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Gate-tuned normal and superconducting transport at the surface of a topological insulator

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Sacépé, Benjamin, Oostinga, Jeroen B., Li, Jian, Ubaldini, Alberto, Couto, Nuno J.G., Giannini, Enrico, Morpurgo, Alberto F.·2011·Nature Communications

Abstract

Three-dimensional topological insulators are characterized by the presence of a bandgap in their bulk and gapless Dirac fermions at their surfaces. New physical phenomena originating from the presence of the Dirac fermions are predicted to occur, and to be experimentally accessible via transport measurements in suitably designed electronic devices. Here we study transport through superconducting junctions fabricated on thin Bi2Se3 single crystals, equipped with a gate electrode. In the presence of perpendicular magnetic field B, sweeping the gate voltage enables us to observe the filling of the Dirac fermion Landau levels, whose character evolves continuously from electron- to hole-like. When B=0, a supercurrent appears, whose magnitude can be gate tuned, and is minimum at the charge neutrality point determined from the Landau level filling. Our results demonstrate how gated nano-electronic devices give control over normal and superconducting transport of Dirac fermions at an individual surface of a three-dimensional topological insulators. Topological insulators are a unique class of materials characterized by exotic metallic states at their surface, while remaining insulated in the bulk. Sacépéet al. show how to manipulate normal and superconducting electronic transport at the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Se3, by tuning a gate-voltage to vary the electronic density.

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Sacépé, B., Oostinga, J. B., Li, J., Ubaldini, A., Couto, N. J. G., Giannini, E., & Morpurgo, A. F.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2011-12-06
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
575-575
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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W2138343872
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283
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14
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20.51
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journal article
Language
en
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Sacépé, B., Oostinga, J. B., Li, J., Ubaldini, A., Couto, N. J. G., Giannini, E., & Morpurgo, A. F. (2011). Gate-tuned normal and superconducting transport at the surface of a topological insulator. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1586

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