Title
InSbAs two-dimensional electron gases as a platform for topological superconductivity
Author
Moehle, C.M.
Ke, C.T.
Wang, Q.
Thomas, C.
Xiao, D.
Karwal, S.
Lodari, M.
van de Kerkhof, V.
Termaat, R.
Gardner, G.C.
Scappucci, G.
Manfra, M.J.
Goswami, S.
Publication year
2021
Abstract
Topological superconductivity can be engineered in semiconductors with strong spin-orbit interaction coupled to a superconductor. Experimental advances in this field have often been triggered by the development of new hybrid material systems. Among these, two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) are of particular interest due to their inherent design flexibility and scalability. Here we discuss results on a 2D platform based on a ternary 2DEG (InSbAs) coupled to in-situ grown Aluminum. The spin-orbit coupling in these 2DEGs can be tuned with the As concentration, reaching values up to 400 meVÅ, thus exceeding typical values measured in its binary constituents. In addition to a large Landé g-factor ∼ 55 (comparable to InSb), we show that the clean superconductor-semiconductor interface leads to a hard induced superconducting gap. Using this new platform we demonstrate the basic operation of phase- controllable Josephson junctions, superconducting islands and quasi-1D systems, prototypical device geometries used to study Majorana zero modes.
Subject
Two-dimensional electron gas
Spin-orbit interaction
Josephson junctions
Tunneling spectroscopy
Topological superconductivity
High Tech Systems & Materials
Industrial Innovation
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03520
TNO identifier
961818
Publisher
American Chemical Society ACS, Washington DC, USA
Source
NANO letters, 21 (21), 9990-9996
Document type
article