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Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes

Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates, Josephson junction based phase-sensitive experiments are believed and used to provide the most convincing evidence for determining the pairing symmetry. Regardless of different junction materials and geometries used, quantum tunn...

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Autores principales:	Yuying Zhu, Menghan Liao, Qinghua Zhang, Hong-Yi Xie, Fanqi Meng, Yaowu Liu, Zhonghua Bai, Shuaihua Ji, Jin Zhang, Kaili Jiang, Ruidan Zhong, John Schneeloch, Genda Gu, Lin Gu, Xucun Ma, Ding Zhang, Qi-Kun Xue
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Publicado:	American Physical Society 2021
Materias:	Physics QC1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b99588aeccda405197f3b0ac140a944d2021-12-02T18:26:59ZPresence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes10.1103/PhysRevX.11.0310112160-3308https://doaj.org/article/b99588aeccda405197f3b0ac140a944d2021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031011http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031011https://doaj.org/toc/2160-3308Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates, Josephson junction based phase-sensitive experiments are believed and used to provide the most convincing evidence for determining the pairing symmetry. Regardless of different junction materials and geometries used, quantum tunneling involved in these experiments is essentially a nanoscale process, and thus, actual experimental results are extremely sensitive to atomic details of the junction structures. The situation has led to controversial results as to the nature of the pairing symmetry of cuprates: while in-plane junction experiments generally support d-wave pairing symmetry, those based on out-of-plane (c-axis) Josephson junctions between two rotated cuprate blocks favor s-wave pairing. In this work, we revisit the c-axis experiment by fabricating Josephson junctions with atomic-level control in their interface structure. We fabricate over 90 junctions of ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} (BSCCO) flakes by state-of-the-art exfoliation technique and obtain atomically flat junction interfaces in the whole junction regions as characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Notably, the resultant uniform junctions at various twist angles all exhibit a single tunneling branch behavior, suggesting that only the first half of a unit cell on both sides of the twisted flakes is involved in the Josephson tunneling process. With such well-defined geometry and structure and the characteristic single tunneling branch, we repeatedly observe Josephson tunneling at a nominal twist angle of 45°, which is against the expectation from a purely d-wave pairing scenario. Our results strongly favor the scenario of a persistent s-wave order parameter in the junction.Yuying ZhuMenghan LiaoQinghua ZhangHong-Yi XieFanqi MengYaowu LiuZhonghua BaiShuaihua JiJin ZhangKaili JiangRuidan ZhongJohn SchneelochGenda GuLin GuXucun MaDing ZhangQi-Kun XueAmerican Physical SocietyarticlePhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review X, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 031011 (2021)
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topic	Physics QC1-999
spellingShingle	Physics QC1-999 Yuying Zhu Menghan Liao Qinghua Zhang Hong-Yi Xie Fanqi Meng Yaowu Liu Zhonghua Bai Shuaihua Ji Jin Zhang Kaili Jiang Ruidan Zhong John Schneeloch Genda Gu Lin Gu Xucun Ma Ding Zhang Qi-Kun Xue Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes
description	Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates, Josephson junction based phase-sensitive experiments are believed and used to provide the most convincing evidence for determining the pairing symmetry. Regardless of different junction materials and geometries used, quantum tunneling involved in these experiments is essentially a nanoscale process, and thus, actual experimental results are extremely sensitive to atomic details of the junction structures. The situation has led to controversial results as to the nature of the pairing symmetry of cuprates: while in-plane junction experiments generally support d-wave pairing symmetry, those based on out-of-plane (c-axis) Josephson junctions between two rotated cuprate blocks favor s-wave pairing. In this work, we revisit the c-axis experiment by fabricating Josephson junctions with atomic-level control in their interface structure. We fabricate over 90 junctions of ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} (BSCCO) flakes by state-of-the-art exfoliation technique and obtain atomically flat junction interfaces in the whole junction regions as characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Notably, the resultant uniform junctions at various twist angles all exhibit a single tunneling branch behavior, suggesting that only the first half of a unit cell on both sides of the twisted flakes is involved in the Josephson tunneling process. With such well-defined geometry and structure and the characteristic single tunneling branch, we repeatedly observe Josephson tunneling at a nominal twist angle of 45°, which is against the expectation from a purely d-wave pairing scenario. Our results strongly favor the scenario of a persistent s-wave order parameter in the junction.
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author	Yuying Zhu Menghan Liao Qinghua Zhang Hong-Yi Xie Fanqi Meng Yaowu Liu Zhonghua Bai Shuaihua Ji Jin Zhang Kaili Jiang Ruidan Zhong John Schneeloch Genda Gu Lin Gu Xucun Ma Ding Zhang Qi-Kun Xue
author_facet	Yuying Zhu Menghan Liao Qinghua Zhang Hong-Yi Xie Fanqi Meng Yaowu Liu Zhonghua Bai Shuaihua Ji Jin Zhang Kaili Jiang Ruidan Zhong John Schneeloch Genda Gu Lin Gu Xucun Ma Ding Zhang Qi-Kun Xue
author_sort	Yuying Zhu
title	Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes
title_short	Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes
title_full	Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes
title_fullStr	Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes
title_full_unstemmed	Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes
title_sort	presence of s-wave pairing in josephson junctions made of twisted ultrathin bi_{2}sr_{2}cacu_{2}o_{8+x} flakes
publisher	American Physical Society
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b99588aeccda405197f3b0ac140a944d
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Presence of s-Wave Pairing in Josephson Junctions Made of Twisted Ultrathin Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+x} Flakes

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