Ising pairing in atomically thin superconductors
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Zhang, Ding
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Falson, Joseph
Abstract
Ising-type pairing in atomically thin superconducting materials has emerged as a novel means of generating devices with resilience to a magnetic field applied parallel to the two-dimensional (2D) plane. In this mini-review, we canvas the state of the field by giving a historical account of 2D superconductors with strongly enhanced in-plane upper critical fields, together with the type-I and type-II Ising pairing mechanisms. We highlight the vital role of spin–orbit coupling in these superconductors and discuss other effects such as symmetry breaking, atomic thicknesses, etc. Finally, we summarize the recent theoretical proposals and highlight the open questions, such as exploring topological superconductivity in these systems and looking for more materials with Ising pairing.
Additional Information
© 2021 IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 21 April 2021; Revised 2 August 2021; Accepted 3 September 2021; Published 23 September 2021. We thank Guangtong Liu, Yong Xu for kindly sharing their data. DZ acknowledges funding provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2017YFA0302902, 2017YFA0304600); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 11 922 409, 11 790 311); the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Chips (ICFC). JF acknowledges funding provided by the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center (NSF Grant PHY-1733907). Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available upon reasonable request from the authors.Attached Files
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- 111161
- DOI
- 10.1088/1361-6528/ac238d
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20211001-212811372
- 2017YFA0302902
- Ministry of Science and Technology (Taipei)
- 2017YFA0304600
- Ministry of Science and Technology (Taipei)
- 11922409
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 11790311
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Chips
- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)
- PHY-1733907
- NSF
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2021-10-04Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2022-07-12Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter