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Multiple Fermi Surfaces in Superconducting Nb-Doped Bi₂Se₃
Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics
  • B. J. Lawson
  • Paul Corbae
  • Gang Li
  • Fan Yu
  • Tomoya Asaba
  • Colin Tinsman
  • Y. Qiu
  • Julia E. Medvedeva, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Yew San Hor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • L. Li
Abstract

Topological insulator Bi2Se3 has shown a number of interesting physical properties. Doping Bi2Se3 with copper or strontium has been demonstrated to make the material superconducting and potentially even a topological superconductor. The recent discovery of superconducting niobium-doped Bi2Se3 reveals an exciting new physical phenomenon, the coexistence of superconductivity and magnetic ordering, as well as signatures of an odd-parity p-wave superconducting order. To understand this new phenomenon, a detailed knowledge of the electronic structure is needed. We present an observation of quantum oscillations in the magnetization (the de Haas-van Alphen effect) of Nb-doped Bi2Se3. In the fully superconducting crystal, two distinct orbits are observed, in sharp contrast to Bi2Se3, Cu-doped Bi2Se3, and Sr-doped Bi2Se3. The multiple frequencies observed in our quantum oscillations, combined with our electrical transport studies, indicate the multi-orbit nature of the electronic state of Nb-doped Bi2Se3.

Department(s)
Physics
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2016 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
7-1-2016
Publication Date
01 Jul 2016
Citation Information
B. J. Lawson, Paul Corbae, Gang Li, Fan Yu, et al.. "Multiple Fermi Surfaces in Superconducting Nb-Doped Bi₂Se₃" Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics Vol. 94 Iss. 4 (2016) ISSN: 1098-0121
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/julia-medvedeva/42/