Published March 4, 2024
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Journal article
Two-electron photoemission spectroscopy in topological superconductors
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
- 2. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- 3. Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
Description
We demonstrate that the photoelectron counting rate, , measured in two-electron coincidence spectroscopy experiments, provides insight into the nature of topological superconductivity. In particular, we show that the spin dependence of allows one to detect superconducting spin-triplet correlations that are induced in a topological superconductor even in the absence of an associated triplet superconducting order parameter. This ability to detect spin-triplet correlations allows one to distinguish between two recently proposed scenarios for the microscopic origin of topological superconductivity in . Finally, we show that exhibits a characteristic intensity maximum that can be employed to detect topological phase transitions.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.094503;
- arXiv
- arXiv:2210.11738;
- Crossref Funder ID
- 10.13039/100017535; 10.13039/100000015; 10.13039/100006132; 10.13039/100006151; 10.13039/100000936;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review B
- Journal Volume
- 109
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- 9 pgs.
- ISSN
- 1550-235X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CORRELATIONS; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IRON SELENIDES; ORDER PARAMETERS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTOEMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN; SPIN EXCHANGE; SPIN ORIENTATION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTORS; TOPOLOGY; TRIPLETS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CHALCOGENIDES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; FERMIONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPLETS; ORIENTATION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SECONDARY EMISSION; SELENIDES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- ©2024 American Physical Society
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- DE-SC0021238; GBMF11069
- Notes
- Record automatically processed
- Funding organization
- Energy Frontier Research Centers; U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science; Basic Energy Sciences; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation