Spin-Mixing Enhanced Proximity Effect in Aluminum-Based Superconductor-Semiconductor Hybrids.
aluminum
high-magnetic-field
nanowires
superconductivity
Journal
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
ISSN: 1521-4095
Titre abrégé: Adv Mater
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9885358
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2022
Aug 2022
Historique:
revised:
25
04
2022
received:
03
03
2022
pubmed:
10
6
2022
medline:
10
6
2022
entrez:
9
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In superconducting quantum circuits, aluminum is one of the most widely used materials. It is currently also the superconductor of choice for the development of topological qubits. However, aluminum-based devices suffer from poor magnetic field compatibility. Herein, this limitation is resolved by showing that adatoms of heavy elements (e.g., platinum) increase the critical field of thin aluminum films by more than a factor of two. Using tunnel junctions, it is shown that the increased field resilience originates from spin-orbit scattering introduced by Pt. This property is exploited in the context of the superconducting proximity effect in semiconductor-superconductor hybrids, where it is shown that InSb nanowires strongly coupled to Al/Pt films can maintain superconductivity up to 7 T. The two-electron charging effect is shown to be robust against the presence of heavy adatoms. Additionally, non-local spectroscopy is used in a three-terminal geometry to probe the bulk of hybrid devices, showing that it remains free of sub-gap states. Finally, it is demonstrated that proximitized semiconductor states maintain their ability to Zeeman-split in an applied magnetic field. Combined with the chemical stability and well-known fabrication routes of aluminum, Al/Pt emerges as the natural successor to Al-based systems and is a compelling alternative to other superconductors, whenever high-field resilience is required.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35680622
doi: 10.1002/adma.202202034
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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e2202034Subventions
Organisme : Microsoft Research
Organisme : Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Organisme : Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter
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© 2022 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
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