We elucidate the origin of the phonon-mediated superconductivity in 2$H$-NbS$_2$ using the ab initio anisotropic Migdal-Eliashberg theory including Coulomb interactions. We demonstrate that superconductivity is associated with Fermi surface hot spots exhibiting an unusually strong electron-phonon interaction. The electron-lattice coupling is dominated by low-energy anharmonic phonons, which place the system on the verge of a charge density wave instability. We also provide definitive evidence for two-gap superconductivity in 2$H$-NbS$_2$, and show that the low- and high-energy peaks observed in tunneling spectra correspond to the $Γ$- and $K$-centered Fermi surface pockets, respectively. The present findings call for further efforts to determine whether our proposed mechanism underpins superconductivity in the whole family of metallic transition metal dichalcogenides.
Ising superconductivity in monolayer niobium dichalcogenide alloys
NbSe $_{2}$和NbS $_{2}$是同构的二维材料,当降低到单层极限时,它们表现出对比鲜明的超导性质。单层NbSe $_{2}$是一种Ising超导体,而单层NbS $_{2}$的超导性还没有报道。NbS $_{x}$ Se $_{2-x}$合金的超导转变温度与硫含量呈现出有趣的非单调关系,这被解释为分形超导电性的一种表现。然而,关于这一结果的几个关键问题是未知的:(1)合金的电子结构是否与母体化合物不同,(2)已被证明是突出的单层NbSe $_{2}$的自旋波动也存在于合金中?利用第一性原理计算,我们发现NbS $_{x}$ Se $_{2-x}$合金中费米能级的态密度和接近磁性的态密度都比母体化合物降低了,前者会降低相变温度,而后者会提高相变温度,我们还发现在NbSe $_{2}$中可能会形成大浓度的Se空位,这可能是磁对断裂缺陷.基于我们的结果,我们提出了NbSPDMATHABMN Se $_{2-x}$合金超导转变温度非单调行为的另一种解释,它不需要多重分形的猜想.
Stacking-tuned superconductivity and competing charge-density-wave states in NbSe$_2$
Donostia International Physics Center(多诺斯蒂亚国际物理中心);Yale University(耶鲁大学);Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University(耶鲁大学能源科学研究所);Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal(印度科学教育研究学院博帕尔分校);Institute of Molecular Science (ICMOL), University of Valencia(瓦伦西亚大学分子科学研究所);Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge(剑桥大学材料科学与工程系);Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science(伊克尔巴斯科克巴斯克科学基金会)
Scanning tunneling microscopy study of helimagnetic monolayer CrBr2 on s-wave superconductor NbSe2: a topologically trivial system due to weak interfacial coupling
Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China(合肥微尺度物质科学国家研究中心和物理学系,中国科学技术大学);New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Hefei National Laboratory(新基石科学实验室,合肥国家实验室)
Friedel oscillations and chiral superconductivity in monolayer NbSe$_2$
University of Regensburg(雷根斯堡大学);Donostia International Physics Center(圣塞巴斯蒂安国际物理中心);University of Silesia in Katowice(卡托维兹西里西亚大学);Centro de Física de Materiales(材料物理中心);Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science(伊克拉巴斯科,巴斯克科学基金会);Wrocław University of Science and Technology(弗罗茨瓦夫科技大学)
Cavity-enhanced superconductivity in the two-dimensional limit of NbSe2
Centre for Quantum Technologies(量子技术中心);Nanyang Technological University(南洋理工大学);Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter(马普物质结构与动力学研究所);National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University(国立阳明交通大学);The Photonics Institute(光子研究所);Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences(物理与数学科学学院物理与应用物理系);Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSec)(量子科学与工程中心);Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science(国家材料研究所电子与光学材料研究中心);Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science(国家材料研究所材料纳米架构研究中心);University of Notre Dame(圣母大学);Initiative for Computational Catalysis (IIC) and Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ), The Flatiron Institute(平 insted 研究所计算催化倡议与计算量子物理中心)
Proximity effect induced intriguing superconductivity in van der Waals heterostructure of magnetic topological insulator and conventional superconductor
Gapless superconductivity from extremely dilute magnetic disorder in 2H-NbSe2-xSx
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid(马德里自治大学);Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen(哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所);University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee(威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校);Universidad de Valencia(瓦伦西亚大学);University of Twente(特温特大学);Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA(巴里洛切原子能中心);Donostia International Physics Center(圣塞巴斯蒂安国际物理中心)
Exploring Charge Density Waves in two-dimensional NbSe2 with Machine Learning
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University(哈佛大学约翰·A·保尔森工程与应用科学学院);Imperial College London(伦敦帝国理工学院);Aalto University(阿尔托大学);Department of Physics, Harvard University(哈佛大学物理系);University of Oxford(牛津大学)
Role of two-dimensional Ising superconductivity in the non-equilibrium quasiparticle spin-to-charge conversion efficiency
二维Ising自旋轨道耦合超导体的非平衡态研究是其成功应用于平衡态自旋三重态库珀对和潜在的Majorana费米子的前提。通过利用最近发现的2D SC及其与任何其他材料的兼容性,我们在这里制造非局域磁振子设备,以研究这种2D伊辛超导性如何影响2 H-NbSe 2超导薄片转移到亚铁磁绝缘Y3 Fe 5 O 12上的磁振子自旋到准粒子电荷的转换效率。与基于常规成对超导体的参考器件的比较表明,Y3 Fe 5 O 12诱导的NbSe 2薄片中的面内(IP)交换自旋分裂受到其固有的面外(OOP)自旋轨道场的阻碍,这反过来又限制了自旋电荷转换效率的过渡态增强。我们的非平衡研究强调了潜在的库珀对和交换诱导的自旋分裂之间的对称匹配的巨大过渡态自旋-电荷转换的意义,并可能对通过调整铁磁绝缘体/2D Ising SC双层中IP交换和OOP自旋-轨道场的相对强度而实现的邻近工程自旋极化三重态配对产生影响。
Gapless helical superconductivity on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator
最近的角分辨光电子能谱实验在超导NbSe $_2$衬底上生长的三维拓扑绝缘体Bi $_2$ Se $_3$薄膜的螺旋表面态中观察到了邻近诱导的超导能隙。当拓扑绝缘体中掺杂磁性Mn杂质时,电子态密度中的超导相干峰被强烈抑制,这被解释为拓扑表面态中螺旋超导性的完全破坏。受这些实验的启发,我们探索了一种不同的可能性:无带隙螺旋超导,其中无带隙电子态密度与非零螺旋超导序参量共存。我们在Abrikosov-Gor'kov框架下研究了一个与随机磁性杂质耦合的超导狄拉克费米子模型,在系统的相图中发现了有限的无带隙螺旋超导区域,包括邻近诱导超导和内禀超导。对于后者,我们推导出由于磁散射的超导转变温度的普遍抑制率,并在狄拉克点的费米能级,量子临界吸引强度的普遍增加率。