Spin-dependent tunneling between individual superconducting bound states

Magnetic impurities on superconductors induce discrete bound levels inside the superconducting gap, known as Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states. YSR levels are fully spin polarized such that the tunneling between YSR states depends on their relative spin orientation. Here, we use scanning tunneling spect...

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Main Authors: Haonan Huang, Jacob Senkpiel, Ciprian Padurariu, Robert Drost, Alberto Villas, Raffael L. Klees, Alfredo Levy Yeyati, Juan Carlos Cuevas, Björn Kubala, Joachim Ankerhold, Klaus Kern, Christian R. Ast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-07-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.L032008