Vortices and bound states offer an effective means of comprehending the electronic properties of superconductors. Recently, surface dependent vortex core states have been observed in the newly discovered kagome superconductors CsV3Sb5. Although the spatial distribution of the sharp zero energy conductance peak appears similar to Majorana bound states arising from the superconducting Dirac surface states, its origin remains elusive. In this study, we present observations of tunable vortex bound states (VBSs) in two chemically doped kagome superconductors Cs(V1-xTrx)3Sb5 (Tr=Ta or Ti), using low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy. The CsV3Sb5-derived kagome superconductors exhibit full gap pairing superconductivity accompanied by the absence of long range charge orders, in contrast to pristine CsV3Sb5. Zero energy conductance maps demonstrate a field-driven continuous reorientation transition of the vortex lattice, suggesting multiband superconductivity. The Ta doped CsV3Sb5 displays the conventional cross shaped spatial evolution of Caroli de Gennes Matricon bound states, while the Ti doped CsV3Sb5 exhibits a sharp, non split zero bias conductance peak (ZBCP) that persists over a long distance across the vortex. The spatial evolution of the non split ZBCP is robust against surface effects and external magnetic field but is related to the doping concentrations. Our study reveals the tunable VBSs in multiband chemically doped CsV3Sb5 system and offers fresh insights into previously reported Y shaped ZBCP in a non quantum limit condition at the surface of kagome superconductor.
@article{arxiv.2401.15918,
title = {Tunable vortex bound states in multiband CsV3Sb5-derived kagome superconductors},
author = {Zihao Huang and Xianghe Han and Zhen Zhao and Jinjin Liu and Pengfei Li and Hengxin Tan and Zhiwei Wang and Yugui Yao and Haitao Yang and Binghai Yan and Kun Jiang and Jiangping Hu and Ziqiang Wang and Hui Chen and Hong-Jun Gao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.15918},
year = {2024}
}
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accepted by Science Bulletin DOI:10.1016/j.scib.2024.01.036