Single magnetic adsorbates on s-wave superconductors

BW Heinrich, JI Pascual, KJ Franke - Progress in Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
In superconductors, magnetic impurities induce a pair-breaking potential for Cooper pairs,
which locally affects the Bogoliubov quasiparticles and gives rise to Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR …

Diode effect in Josephson junctions with a single magnetic atom

M Trahms, L Melischek, JF Steiner, B Mahendru… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Current flow in electronic devices can be asymmetric with bias direction, a phenomenon
underlying the utility of diodes and known as non-reciprocal charge transport. The promise …

Two-dimensional Shiba lattices as a possible platform for crystalline topological superconductivity

MO Soldini, F Küster, G Wagner, S Das… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Localized or propagating Majorana boundary modes are the key feature of topological
superconductors. They are rare in naturally occurring compounds, but the tailored …

[HTML][HTML] Majorana quasiparticles in atomic spin chains on superconductors

S Rachel, R Wiesendanger - Physics Reports, 2025 - Elsevier
For the past decade, Majorana quasiparticles have become one of the hot topics in
condensed matter research. Besides the fundamental interest in the realization of particles …

Topological Shiba bands in artificial spin chains on superconductors

L Schneider, P Beck, T Posske, D Crawford, E Mascot… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
A major challenge in develo** topological superconductors for implementing topological
quantum computing is their characterization and control. It has been proposed that ap-wave …

Spin-orbit coupling induced splitting of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in antiferromagnetic dimers

P Beck, L Schneider, L Rózsa, K Palotás… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Magnetic atoms coupled to the Cooper pairs of a superconductor induce Yu-Shiba-Rusinov
states (in short Shiba states). In the presence of sufficiently strong spin-orbit coupling, the …

Spin-polarized Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in an iron-based superconductor

D Wang, J Wiebe, R Zhong, G Gu, R Wiesendanger - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound states appear when a magnetic atom interacts with a
superconductor. Here, we report on spin-resolved spectroscopic studies of YSR states …

Tuning the coupling of an individual magnetic impurity to a superconductor: quantum phase transition and transport

L Farinacci, G Ahmadi, G Reecht, M Ruby… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The exchange scattering at magnetic adsorbates on superconductors gives rise to Yu-Shiba-
Rusinov (YSR) bound states. Depending on the strength of the exchange coupling, the …

Boosting spatial and energy resolution in STM with a double-functionalized probe

A Odobesko, RL Klees, F Friedrich, EM Hankiewicz… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The scattering of superconducting pairs by magnetic impurities on a superconducting
surface leads to pairs of sharp in-gap resonances known as Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound …

Quantum spins and hybridization in artificially-constructed chains of magnetic adatoms on a superconductor

E Liebhaber, LM Rütten, G Reecht, JF Steiner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetic adatom chains on surfaces constitute fascinating quantum spin systems.
Superconducting substrates suppress interactions with bulk electronic excitations but couple …