Atomic-scale interface engineering of Majorana edge modes in a 2D magnet-superconductor hybrid system

A Palacio-Morales, E Mascot, S Cocklin, H Kim… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Topological superconductors are predicted to harbor exotic boundary states—Majorana
zero-energy modes—whose non-Abelian braiding statistics present a new paradigm for the …

Observation of vacuum tunneling of spin-polarized electrons with the scanning tunneling microscope

R Wiesendanger, HJ Güntherodt, G Güntherodt… - Physical Review Letters, 1990 - APS
Vacuum tunneling of spin-polarized electrons from a ferromagnetic CrO 2 tip into a Cr (001)
single crystal has been observed by means of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) …

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 …

Coupled Yu–Shiba–Rusinov States in Molecular Dimers on NbSe2

S Kezilebieke, M Dvorak, T Ojanen, P Liljeroth - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Magnetic impurities have a dramatic effect on superconductivity by breaking the time-
reversal symmetry and inducing so-called Yu–Shiba–Rusinov (YSR) low energy bound …

Observation of coexistence of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states and spin-flip excitations

S Kezilebieke, R Žitko, M Dvorak, T Ojanen… - Nano Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
We investigate the spectral evolution in different metal phthalocyanine molecules on NbSe2
surface using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) as a function of the coupling with the …