Chiu Ching-Kai, Wang Ziqiang
RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Phys Rev Lett. 2022 Jun 10;128(23):237001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.237001.
A Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) state is a localized in-gap state induced by a magnetic impurity in a superconductor. Recent experiments used an STM tip to manipulate the exchange coupling between an Fe adatom and the FeTe_{0.55}Se_{0.45} superconductor possessing a Z_{2} nontrivial band structure with topological surface states. As the tip moves close to the single Fe adatom, the energy of the in-gap state modulates and exhibits a zero-energy crossing followed by an unusual return to zero energy, which cannot be understood by coupling the magnetic impurity to the superconducting topological surface Dirac cone. Here, we numerically and analytically study the YSR states in superconductors with nontrivial Z_{2} bands and show the emergence of the two zero-energy crossings as a function of the exchange coupling between the magnetic impurity and the bulk states. We analyze the role of the topological surface states and compare in-gap states to systems with trivial Z_{2} bands. The spin polarization of the YSR states is further studied for future experimental measurement.
汤川-芝-拉西诺夫(YSR)态是由超导体中的磁性杂质诱导产生的局域能隙态。最近的实验使用扫描隧道显微镜(STM)针尖来操纵铁吸附原子与具有拓扑表面态的Z₂非平凡能带结构的FeTe₀.₅₅Se₀.₄₅超导体之间的交换耦合。当针尖靠近单个铁吸附原子时,能隙态的能量发生调制,并呈现出零能量交叉,随后出现异常的零能量回归,这无法通过将磁性杂质耦合到超导拓扑表面狄拉克锥来理解。在此,我们通过数值和解析方法研究具有非平凡Z₂能带的超导体中的YSR态,并展示了作为磁性杂质与体态之间交换耦合函数的两个零能量交叉的出现。我们分析了拓扑表面态的作用,并将能隙态与具有平凡Z₂能带的系统进行比较。还进一步研究了YSR态的自旋极化,以供未来实验测量。