• 文献标题:   Superconducting critical temperature and softening of the phonon spectrum in ultrathin Nb and NbN/graphene hybrids
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PRISCHEPA SL, KUSHNIR VN, CIRILLO C, GRANATA V, KOMISSAROV I, KOVALCHUK NG, MIKHALIK MM, DANILYUK AL, SVITO IA, ANDRULEVICIUS M, ATTANASIO C
  • 作者关键词:   superconductor, graphene, thin film, phonon density of state, superconductor, graphene hybrid
  • 出版物名称:   SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0953-2048 EI 1361-6668
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6668/ac2c0e
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Superconductivity is studied in hybrids consisting of ultrathin superconducting film/few layer graphene. Two different superconductors are used for this purpose, Nb and NbN. An increase in the superconducting critical temperature T (c) is observed when graphene is put into contact with Nb. The largest increase is obtained for the thinnest Nb layer, which has a T (c) 8% larger with respect to the single Nb film. In the case of NbN the effect is not as pronounced. Experimental data are discussed by considering the possible modification of the phonon spectrum in the superconductor due to the presence of the graphene. Within an elementary one-dimensional model based on elastic coupling between nearest-neighbor atoms, we demonstrate that the phonon spectrum in the superconductor is modified at low energies with the subsequent enhancement of the effective electron-phonon coupling constant. While the strong oscillating nature of the electron-phonon interaction, alpha (2)(omega), in NbN could lead to the insensitivity of T (c) on the low-energy phonons generated by the graphene, the almost constant behavior of alpha (2)(omega) in Nb favors the increase of the superconducting critical temperature.