Superconducting phase boundaries and gap symmetry of the candidate topological superconductor In0.8Pb0.2Te

ORAL

Abstract

The family of (Sn,In,Pb)Te compounds is expected to contain members which are topological superconductors. Recently, it was observed that the solubility limit of Pb in In1-xPbxTe can be substantially raised via high-pressure synthesis, forming a cubic NaCl-type structure with an enhancement of Tc from ~3 K to ~5 K. We present the superconducting phase diagram of the x = 0.2 member (Tc ~4.7 K), finding lower and upper critical fields of 3.2 mT and 2.12 T, respectively. We report on a full superconducting gap as deduced from penetration depth measurements using the TDO technique at temperatures as low as ~450 mK, eliminating a nodal, odd-parity topological superconducting state as a possibility.

Presenters

  • Jared Z Dans

    Hofstra University

Authors

  • Jared Z Dans

    Hofstra University

  • Matthew P Smylie

    Hofstra University

  • Kaya Kobayashi

    Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama Univ

  • Kaya Kobayashi

    Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama Univ

  • Kaya Kobayashi

    Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama Univ

  • Ramakanta Chapai

    Argonne National Laboratory, Louisiana State University

  • Wai-Kwong K Kwok

    Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

  • Ulrich Welp

    Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439