Detecting and distinguishing Majorana zero modes with the scanning tunnelling microscope

B Jäck, Y Xie, A Yazdani - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
One of the most exciting areas of research in quantum condensed matter physics is the push
to create topologically protected qubits using non-Abelian anyons. The focus of these efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Proximity superconductivity in atom-by-atom crafted quantum dots

L Schneider, KT Ton, I Ioannidis, J Neuhaus-Steinmetz… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Gapless materials in electronic contact with superconductors acquire proximity-induced
superconductivity in a region near the interface,. Numerous proposals build on this addition …

Surrogate model solver for impurity-induced superconducting subgap states

VV Baran, EJP Frost, J Paaske - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
A simple impurity solver is shown to capture impurity-induced superconducting subgap
states in quantitative agreement with the numerical renormalization group and quantum …

Observation of tunable single-atom Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states

A Odobesko, D Di Sante, A Kowalski, S Wilfert… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The coupling of a spin to an underlying substrate is the basis for a plethora of phenomena.
In the case of a metallic substrate, Kondo screening of the adatom magnetic moment can …

Spin-dependent tunneling between individual superconducting bound states

H Huang, J Senkpiel, C Padurariu, R Drost, A Villas… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Magnetic impurities on superconductors induce discrete bound levels inside the
superconducting gap, known as Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states. YSR levels are fully spin …

Coupled Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states induced by a many-body molecular spin on a superconductor

C Rubio-Verdú, J Zaldívar, R Žitko, JI Pascual - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
A magnetic impurity on a superconductor induces Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound states,
detected by tunneling spectroscopy as long-lived quasiparticle excitations inside the …

Changing the interaction of a single-molecule magnetic moment with a superconductor

S Schulte, N Néel, L Rózsa, K Palotás, J Kröger - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The exchange interaction of a brominated Co-porphyrin molecule with the Cooper pair
condensate of Pb (111) is modified by reducing the Co–surface separation. The stepwise …

Two-impurity Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in coupled quantum dots

JC Estrada Saldaña, A Vekris, R Žitko, G Steffensen… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Using double quantum dots as the weak link of a Josephson junction, we realize the
superconducting analog of the celebrated two-impurity Kondo model. The device shows a …

Boosting spatial and energy resolution in STM with a double-functionalized probe

A Odobesko, RL Klees, F Friedrich, EM Hankiewicz… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The scattering of superconducting pairs by magnetic impurities on a superconducting
surface leads to pairs of sharp in-gap resonances known as Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound …

Microwave excitation of atomic scale superconducting bound states

J Siebrecht, H Huang, P Kot, R Drost… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Magnetic impurities on superconductors lead to bound states within the superconducting
gap, so called Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states. They are parity protected, which enhances …