Monday, May 20, 2013

1305.4142 (Annica M. Black-Schaffer et al.)

Proximity-induced unconventional superconductivity in topological
insulators
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Annica M. Black-Schaffer, Alexander V. Balatsky
We study and classify the proximity-induced superconducting pairing in a topological insulator (TI)-superconductor (SC) hybrid structure for SCs with different symmetries. The Dirac surface state gives a coupling between spin-singlet and spin-triplet pairing amplitudes as well as pairing that is odd in frequency for $p$-wave SCs. We also find that all SCs induce pairing that is odd in both frequency and orbital (band) index, with oddness in frequency and orbital index being completely interchangeable. The different induced pairing amplitudes significantly modifies the density of states in the TI surface layer.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.4142

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