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Conductance spectroscopy of a proximity induced superconducting topological insulator

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arxiv 1506.05923 v1 pith:GGTDDDYG submitted 2015-06-19 cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hall

M. Snelder , M. P. Stehno , A. A. Golubov , C. G. Molenaar , T. Scholten , D. Wu , Y. K. Huang , W. G. van der Wiel
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We study the proximity effect between the fully-gapped region of a topological insulator in direct contact with an s-wave superconducting electrode (STI) and the surrounding topological insulator flake (TI) in Au/Bi$_{1.5}$Sb$_{0.5}$Te$_{1.7}$Se$_{1.3}$/Nb devices. The conductance spectra of the devices show the presence of a large induced gap in the STI as well as the induction of superconducting correlations in the normal part of the TI on the order of the Thouless energy. The shape of the conductance modulation around zero-energy varies between devices and can be explained by existing theory of s-wave-induced superconductivity in SNN' (S is a superconductor, N a superconducting proximized material and N' is a normal metal) devices. All the conductance spectra show a conductance dip at the induced gap of the STI.

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