Magnetotransport Signatures of Superconducting Cooper Pairs Carried by Topological Surface States in Bismuth Selenide.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
As topological insulators (TIs) are becoming increasingly intriguing, the community is exploring transformative applications that require interfacing TIs with other materials such as ferromagnets or superconductors. Herein, we report on the manifestations of superconducting electrons carried by topological surface states (TSS) in Bi<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> films. As key signatures of TSS-carried Cooper pairs, we uncover the hysteresis of magnetoresistance (MR) and the switching behavior of anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR). For in-plane fields perpendicular to the injected current, AMR shows negative switching (resistance drop) when the contacts become superconducting, which is consistent with a cooperative Zeeman effect enabled by the spin-momentum locking of TSS. The MR and AMR behaviors are robust, occurring reliably in multiple samples, from different sources, and with different defect concentrations. Our findings can guide novel developments in superconductor/TI quantum devices relying on supercurrent detection as well as lead to more refined transport signatures of Majorana zero-modes in the future.