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Layer-selective Cooper pairing in an alternately stacked transition metal dichalcogenide

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Pith's one-line read 4Hb-TaSSe is a multigap superconductor whose two condensates live in separate polymorph layers and respond differently to temperature and magnetic field.

desk verdict Two clean local spectroscopies make a strong case for two-layer superconductivity, but the paper's own model cannot explain the decoupling it claims. read the letter →

arxiv 2507.15647 v1 pith:WAQUIEN4 submitted 2025-07-21 cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el

Haojie Guo , Sandra Sajan , Irián Sánchez-Ramírez , Tarushi Agarwal , Alejandro Blanco Peces , Chandan Patra , Maia G. Vergniory , Rafael M. Fernandes
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Ravi Prakash Singh Fernando de Juan Maria N. Gastiasoro Miguel M. Ugeda
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The reading

4Hb-TaSSe is a layered superconductor with alternating H and T polymorph layers, and this paper reports that each layer type forms its own superconducting condensate with distinct properties. The T-layer gap is 0.23 meV, is likely nodal, and survives an out-of-plane magnetic field up to 2.6 T; the H-layer gap is 0.46 meV and is suppressed already at 1 T. The two gaps open at different temperatures, 1.3 K and 2.2 K, and show no T-layer gap tail between them, which the authors read as evidence of weak coupling between the condensates despite a sizable interlayer hybridization. If correct, this makes 4Hb-TaSSe an example of multigap superconductivity with spatially separated, independently controllable condensates, a step toward using TMD polymorphs as building blocks for layered superconducting devices.

What carries the argument

The central object is the alternating T/H polymorph stacking of 4Hb-TaSSe, in which the T layer's $\sqrt{13}\times\sqrt{13}$ Star-of-David charge-density wave creates a nearly flat band that remains partly T-localized at the Fermi surface even when hybridized with the H layer. The experimental machinery is high-resolution STM tunneling plus Andreev reflection spectroscopy on exfoliated surfaces, which resolve the two gaps layer by layer and confirm their superconducting origin. The theoretical machinery is a minimal two-band bilayer model with intralayer pairing interactions and a $k_z$-dependent interlayer hybridization ($t_z \approx 90$ meV, fitted to DFT), whose self-consistent gap solutions reproduce the layer-dependent gap anisotropy, the in-gap features in the H-layer density of states, and the enhanced T-layer critical field.

What would settle it

Take a high-resolution tunneling spectrum on a T-layer terrace at a temperature between 1.3 K and 2.2 K with modulation below 5 µV: if a V-shaped superconducting dip with width near 0.2 meV, the model's hybridization-induced gap, appears, then the effective decoupling central to the paper's conclusion is contradicted.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

Using high-resolution quasiparticle tunneling and Andreev reflection spectroscopy, the paper identifies two superconducting gaps localized in the T and H polymorph layers of 4Hb-TaSSe: a 0.23 meV gap in the T layers, best described by a nodal order parameter, and a 0.46 meV gap in the H layers, which additionally shows in-gap structure. The two gaps open at different temperatures ($T_{C,T}=1.3\pm0.2$ K and $T_{C,H}=2.2\pm0.2$ K) and close at different out-of-plane fields ($H_{C2,T}=2.6\pm0.3$ T and $H_{C2,H}=1.0\pm0.1$ T), and no T-layer gap tail appears between $T_{C,T}$ and $T_{C,H}$. The paper interprets this as intrinsic Cooper pairing in each polymorph layer, weakly coupled across the interface, and supports it with an ab-initio-based bilayer model in which $k_z$-dependent hybridization produces layer-dependent gap anisotropy and an unusually high T-layer critical field. The authors conclude that this realizes a form of multiband superconductivity with spatially separated, independently actuable condensates.

Load-bearing premise

The argument that the two layers are effectively decoupled rests on the absence of a T-layer gap tail between 1.3 K and 2.2 K, even though the paper's own model predicts that the 90 meV interlayer hybridization should induce such a gap; the authors attribute the discrepancy to effects not in the model.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • The H layer can be driven normal while the T layer stays superconducting, creating a superconductor-normal-superconductor junction within a single exfoliated crystal.
  • Out-of-plane fields between 1 and 2.6 T at base temperature act as a layer-selective switch, a control that known multigap superconductors do not offer because their condensates overlap in real space.
  • The high critical field of the T layer, close to its Pauli limit, indicates that low-velocity, T-dominated Fermi-surface pockets weaken orbital pair breaking, a clue for designing higher-field superconductors.
  • The absence of a T-layer gap between 1.3 K and 2.2 K implies interlayer hybridization alone does not proximitize the T layer in this regime, so pairing can remain layer intrinsic even with finite interlayer hopping.
  • 4Hb-TaSSe becomes a benchmark material for studying multigap superconductivity with spatially separated order parameters.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • A pressure or intercalation series that tunes the H-T hybridization could test whether the effective decoupling persists: the same model that reproduces the data predicts an induced T-layer gap when hybridization alone acts, so changing $t_z$ should either resurrect that gap or further separate the two critical temperatures.
  • The nodal T-layer gap, if confirmed by a phase-sensitive probe, would tie the Star-of-David flat band to unconventional pairing in a bulk 4Hb compound and open a search for the pairing mechanism.
  • The exponential zero-bias decay near T/H step edges, with a 17 nm length scale, suggests the T-layer condensate leaks into the H layer at interfaces, so weak coupling may describe the bulk gaps but not necessarily device-relevant edges.
  • If the two gaps are as independent as claimed, a Josephson junction built across a single T or H layer should show separate critical-current onsets near 1.3 K and 2.2 K, giving a device-level test of layer-selective superconductivity.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports local tunneling and Andreev-reflection spectroscopy on the two surface terminations of 4Hb-TaSSe. It claims two spatially separated superconducting condensates in the alternating H and T polymorph layers: an H-layer gap ΔH ≈ 0.46 meV with in-gap shoulders, and a T-layer V-shaped gap ΔT ≈ 0.23 meV with a possible nodal structure. Temperature and out-of-plane field dependences give TC,T ≈ 1.3 K versus TC,H ≈ 2.2 K and HC2,T ≈ 2.6 T versus HC2,H ≈ 1.0 T, which the authors interpret as weakly coupled, effectively decoupled condensates that can be selectively actuated. A DFT-based tight-binding fit gives interlayer hybridization t⊥ ≈ 90 meV, and a minimal bilayer gap model with VH > VT > 0 reproduces the H-layer in-gap structure but also predicts an induced T-layer gap for finite hybridization (Fig. S14).

Significance. The experimental strengths are substantial: high-quality STM/STS and Andreev-reflection data on both polymorphs, a statistical fit comparison including a control on Al(111), bulk magnetization/resistivity/specific-heat characterization, and a concrete model that identifies the H-layer in-gap shoulders with T-layer coherence peaks. If the layer-selective decoupling claim is secured, this would be an important advance: a material where two superconducting condensates live in different real-space layers and respond differently to temperature and magnetic field. However, the central conceptual novelty—weakly coupled, effectively decoupled condensates—is not established by the model; the model's own prediction under the fitted hybridization points in the opposite direction. The stress-test concern is therefore on target and needs to be resolved before the main claim can be accepted.

major comments (3)
  1. [Discussion / Fig. S14 / Methods] The paper's model predicts an induced T-layer gap under finite hybridization, in conflict with the observed absence of a T-layer tail in Fig. 4c. In Methods the effective pairing model uses t_z = 20 meV, while the DFT-constrained tight-binding model gives t⊥ = 90 meV in the main text, and Fig. S14 (with t_z = 10Δ_H) explicitly shows that the T-layer projected DOS develops a gap that survives up to TC,H even for V_T = 0. The main text invokes 'additional effects not included in the model' to remove this induced gap. This is an unresolved mismatch: the very signature used to infer effective decoupling is not reproduced by the model at the fitted coupling. Please provide a quantitative identification of those effects or a revised model that yields a decoupled T-layer gap without artificially reducing t_z.
  2. [Methods / Fig. 6f / Abstract] The pairing model is not predictive for the central two-gap structure in the way the text suggests. The band parameters are fitted to DFT, the pairing interactions are chosen with VH > VT > 0, and Fig. 6f fixes ΔT = 0.11ΔH from the measured gap ratio. The agreement shown in Fig. 6g therefore partly restates inputs rather than validating a microscopic mechanism. In particular, the abstract's claim that the model 'explains the unusually high critical field observed in the T-layer' is not backed by a calculation of Hc2 from the model. Please either compute Hc2 within the model or soften the claim to a qualitative scenario.
  3. [Fig. 3a / Discussion] The H-layer in-gap shoulders at ±0.25 mV are attributed to the T-layer gap, which is itself evidence of finite interlayer coupling. The absence of a corresponding H-gap feature in the T-layer above 1.3 K is then used to infer weak coupling. This asymmetry is not explained: if the two layers are weakly coupled, why does the H-layer DOS exhibit a clear T-layer signature? Conversely, if the T-layer surface is altered by surface effects—as acknowledged for the zero-bias peak in the Discussion—the T-layer critical parameters may not represent the bulk T condensate. Please address this asymmetry and the surface-versus-bulk distinction explicitly.
minor comments (3)
  1. [Methods (tight-binding parameters)] The line 't_SoD = 15 meV, t_z = 90 meV, t_SoD = 240 meV, A = 2' lists t_SoD twice with different values; one of these is presumably E_SoD. Please correct this typo.
  2. [Fig. 4c/d] The caption says the gap values are extracted from Dynes fits, while the text elsewhere quotes peak-to-peak gap sizes. Please state explicitly which definition is used in Fig. 4 and how the two definitions relate.
  3. [Supplementary Note 6] The argument that the larger Γ in the s-wave fit rules out s-wave pairing because of impurity robustness is indirect; the comparison with Al(111) is helpful but should be framed more cautiously, since a larger Γ in a fit can also absorb other model misspecifications.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the experimental layer-selective two-gap claim is self-contained, and the theory is ancillary with its limitations stated openly.

full rationale

The paper's central experimental claim—two spatially separated superconducting gaps with distinct critical temperatures and fields—rests on STS/AR measurements with internal controls (Al(111) benchmark, normal-state edge checks, bulk magnetization/resistivity/specific heat) and does not depend on the theoretical model for its validity. The theoretical model is explicitly built from inputs (band structure fitted to DFT, intralayer attractions with V_H > V_T > 0, hybridization t_z) and then solved self-consistently, so the resulting two-gap structure is a consequence of the two-channel pairing ansatz, not a hidden fit to the experimental gap values. The plotted ratio ΔT = 0.11ΔH is presented as a model output, not as an independent prediction, and the paper nowhere claims to predict the absolute gap sizes from first principles. Importantly, the model's failure to reproduce the observed absence of a T-layer gap tail above TC,T is stated in the text as 'additional effects not included in the model', which is an admitted limitation rather than a circular import. Self-citations (Refs. 33 and 36) are used for context and for the tight-binding form, but the key interlayer tunneling t⊥ = 90 meV is fit to DFT within this paper, so those citations are not load-bearing for the superconducting conclusions. No equation or fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction, and no uniqueness theorem is imported from the authors' own prior work to force the interpretation. The inference of weak interlayer coupling from the absence of a gap tail is a data-driven interpretation that the theory does not yet fully capture, but that is a scientific limitation, not circular reasoning.

Assumptions & free parameters 4 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central experimental claim relies on measured gap sizes and critical parameters, but the supporting theory introduces fitted tight-binding parameters, a chosen pairing-interaction hierarchy, and a fixed gap ratio. The nodal model and BTK interpretation are assumed. The single-configuration DFT alloy supercell is an ad hoc modeling choice. No new physical entities are postulated.

free parameters (4)
  • tight-binding interlayer hopping t_z (TB model) = 90 meV
    Fitted so the model reproduces the DFT flat-band dispersion and hybridization along kz (Methods).
  • tight-binding SoD parameters (t_SoD and E_SoD, with A) = t_SoD = 15 meV, E_SoD = 240 meV, A = 2
    Chosen to match DFT bands; the Methods text repeats t_SoD, likely a typo for E_SoD (Methods).
  • minimal model hoppings and chemical potential (t1,H, t2,H, t1,T, tz, mu) = 87, 215, 15, 20, -34 meV
    Taken to match the overall band structure in the effective model (Methods).
  • intralayer pairing interactions VH and VT (or gap ratio Delta_T/Delta_H) = VH > VT > 0; Fig. 6f uses Delta_T = 0.11 Delta_H
    Chosen to produce the observed two-gap structure; the specific values are not given, and the ratio is an input, not a prediction (Fig. 6f caption).
assumptions (6)
  • domain assumption The Dynes formula with a nodal order parameter Delta = Delta0 cos(3 theta) adequately captures the tunneling DOS of unconventional superconductors.
    Used in Supplementary Note 6 to fit the T-layer gap; the choice of l = 3 is motivated by a triangular lattice but is not independently established for 4Hb-TaSSe.
  • standard math The BTK model with angle-resolved sign-changing gap describes Andreev reflection spectra for nodal superconductors.
    Used in Supplementary Note 8 to interpret the in-gap AR peaks as evidence against isotropic s-wave pairing.
  • domain assumption The low-energy electronic structure is captured by one H-layer band and one T-layer flat band with kz-dependent hybridization.
    The minimal bilayer model in Methods reduces the full DFT multiband structure to two bands; the fit to DFT supports it, but it omits other bands and correlation effects.
  • domain assumption The surface T layer probed by STM represents the bulk superconducting properties of the T layers.
    The paper notes surface effects for the zero-bias resonance (Discussion) but assumes the superconducting gap and its critical fields reflect intrinsic bulk T-layer pairing.
  • ad hoc to paper The random 50% S/Se alloy is modeled by a single random supercell configuration.
    DFT uses 'randomly chosen positions' (Methods) without configurational averaging; results may depend on the specific disorder realization.
  • domain assumption PBE-DFT without Hubbard U adequately describes the band structure of the correlated flat band.
    The paper uses PBE (Methods) and notes the flat band bandwidth (~300 meV) exceeds the Hubbard splitting in monolayers; correlations at the surface may still matter (Discussion).

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Multigap superconductivity emerges when superconducting gaps form on distinct Fermi surfaces. Arising from locally overlapping atomic orbitals, multiple superconducting bands introduce a new internal degree of freedom in the material that, however, escapes external control due to their coexistence in real space in the known multigap superconductors. Here, we show that the layered superconductor 4Hb-TaSSe - composed of alternating trigonal (H) and octahedral (T) polymorph layers - is a multigap superconductor, featuring two weakly coupled superconducting condensates with distinct properties, spatially separated in alternating layers. Using high-resolution quasiparticle tunneling and Andreev reflection spectroscopy in the two polymorph layers, we identify two superconducting gaps that vary in size and internal structure. The intrinsic Cooper pairing in each polymorph is corroborated by the temperatures and magnetic fields at which the gaps open up, which differ in each polymorph layer and show opposing resilience to these parameters. This behavior enables selective external actuation upon the condensates. Our theoretical model based on ab-initio calculations reproduces key features of the observed superconducting gaps in the presence of finite interlayer hybridization and explains the unusually high critical field observed in the T-layer. Our results establish TMD polymorphs as platforms for engineering tunable multigap superconductors, offering new opportunities in layered superconducting device architectures.

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