Andreev Reflection in Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Unconventional Superconductors

We evaluate the differential conductance measured in an STM setting at arbitrary electron transmission between STM tip and a 2D superconductor with arbitrary gap structure. Our analytical scattering theory accounts for Andreev reflections, which become prominent at larger transmissions. We show that...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2023-05, Vol.130 (21), p.216002-216002, Article 216002
Main Authors: Sukhachov, P O, von Oppen, Felix, Glazman, L I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electrons
Spectrum Analysis
Superconductivity
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Summary:We evaluate the differential conductance measured in an STM setting at arbitrary electron transmission between STM tip and a 2D superconductor with arbitrary gap structure. Our analytical scattering theory accounts for Andreev reflections, which become prominent at larger transmissions. We show that this provides complementary information about the superconducting gap structure beyond the tunneling density of states, strongly facilitating the ability to extract the gap symmetry and its relation to the underlying crystalline lattice. We use the developed theory to discuss recent experimental results on superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.216002