• 文献标题:   Planar graphene-NbSe2 Josephson junctions in a parallel magnetic field
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DVIR T, ZALIC A, FYHN EH, AMUNDSEN M, TANIGUCHI T, WATANABE K, LINDER J, STEINBERG H
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
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  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.103.115401
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Thin transition metal dichalcogenides sustain superconductivity at large in-plane magnetic fields due to Ising spin-orbit protection, which locks their spins in an out-of-plane orientation. Here we use thin NbSe2 as superconducting electrodes laterally coupled to graphene, making a planar, all van der Waals two-dimensional Josephson junction (2DJJ). We map out the behavior of these novel devices with respect to temperature, gate voltage, and both out-of-plane and in-plane magnetic fields. Notably, the 2DJJs sustain supercurrent up to parallel fields as high as 8.5 T, where the Zeeman energy E-Z rivals the Thouless energy E-Th, a regime hitherto inaccessible in graphene. As the parallel magnetic field H-parallel to increases, the 2DJJ's critical current is suppressed and in a few cases undergoes suppression and recovery. We explore the behavior in H-parallel to by considering theoretically two effects: a 0-pi transition induced by tuning of the Zeeman energy and the unique effect of ripples in an atomically thin layer which create a small spatially varying perpendicular component of the field. The 2DJJs have potential utility as flexible probes for two-dimensional superconductivity in a variety of materials and introduce high H-parallel to as a newly accessible experimental knob.