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We consider quantum point contacts (QPCs) defined within disordered two-dimensional electron gases as studied by scanning gate microscopy. We evaluate the conductance maps in the Landauer approach and wave function picture of electron…

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Impurity scattering in the unitary limit produces low energy quasiparticles with anisotropic spectrum in a two-dimensional $d$-wave superconductor. We describe a new {\em quasi-one-dimensional } limit of the quasiparticle scattering, which…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 A. V. Balatsky , A. Rosengren , B. L. Altshuler

We discuss a number of basic physical mechanisms relevant to the formation of the proximity effect in superconductor/normal metal (SN) systems. Specifically, we review why the proximity effect sharply discriminates between systems with…

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The band structure, intra- and interband scattering processes of the electrons at the surface of a bismuth-bilayer on Bi$_2$Se$_3$ have been experimentally investigated by low-temperature Fourier-transform scanning tunneling spectroscopy.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Eich , M. Michiardi , G. Bihlmayer , X. -G. Zhu , J. -L. Mi , Bo B. Iversen , R. Wiesendanger , Ph. Hofmann , A. A. Khajetoorians , J. Wiebe

We study quasiparticle interference (QPI) in the Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL) for electrons tunneling into the QSL. The local tunneling conductance around a spin vacancy or localized vison reveals unique features associated with…

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The quasiparticle spectrum inside the vortex core in the mixed state of a strongly type-II superconductors are studied. The s-wave symmetry for the gap parameter is assumed. The crossover behavior from dirty to clean limit is shown by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Fujita

We analyze an interplay between the proximity effect and quantum interference of electrons in hybrid structures superconductor-normal metal-superconductor which contain several insulating barriers. We demonstrate that the dc Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Artem V. Galaktionov , Andrei D. Zaikin

Chiral fermions in solid state feature "Fermi arc" states, connecting the surface projections of the bulk chiral nodes. The surface Fermi arc is a signature of nontrivial bulk topology. Unconventional chiral fermions with an extensive Fermi…

Non-equilibrium quasiparticles are possible sources for decoherence in superconducting qubits because they can lead to energy decay or dephasing upon tunneling across Josephson junctions (JJs). Here, we investigate the impact of the…

By using Fourier-transform scanning tunneling spectroscopy we measure the interference patterns produced by the impurity scattering of confined Dirac quasiparticles in epitaxial graphene nanoflakes. Upon comparison of the experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-28 Julia Tesch , Philipp Leicht , Felix Blumenschein , Luca Gragnaniello , Anders Bergvall , Tomas Löfwander , Mikhail Fonin

Identifying the pairing symmetry in unconventional superconductors is essential for reliably characterizing their superconducting states and for enabling their integration into realistic quantum devices. Here, we introduce a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-24 Adam Hložný , Jozef Haniš , Martin Gmitra , Marko Milivojević

We develop a model for the effect of a magnetic field on quasiparticle interference in an iron-based superconductor. Recently, scanning tunneling experiments have been performed on Fe(Se,Te) to determine the relative sign of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-08-16 Steffen Sykora , Piers Coleman

Recent scanning tunneling experiments on $Ca_{2-x}Na_xCuO_2Cl_2$ by Hanaguri et al. observe field-dependent quasiparticle interference effects which are sensitive to the sign of the d-wave order parameter. Their analysis of spatial…

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Impurity scattering is found to lead to quasi-one dimensional nanoscale modulation of the local density of states in the iron pnictides and chalcogenides. This `quasiparticle interference' feature is remarkably similar across a wide variety…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-12-05 Dheeraj Kumar Singh , Alireza Akbari , Pinaki Majumdar

By measuring the spatial distribution of differential conductance near impurities on Fe sites, we have obtained the quasi-particle interference (QPI) patterns in the (Li$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$)OHFe$_{1-y}$Zn$_y$Se superconductor with only electron…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-30 Qiangqiang Gu , Siyuan Wan , Zengyi Du , Xiong Yang , Huan Yang , Hai Lin , Xiyu Zhu , Hai-Hu Wen

We study symmetry protected features in the quasiparticle interference (QPI) pattern of 2D systems with mirror symmetries and time-reversal symmetry, around a single static point impurity. We show that, in the Fourier transformed local…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-30 Chen Fang , Matthew J. Gilbert , Su-Yang Xu , B. Andrei Bernevig , M. Zahid Hasan

We apply a recently developed method combining first principles based Wannier functions with solutions to the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations to the problem of interpreting STM data in cuprate superconductors. We show that the observed…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-29 A. Kreisel , Peayush Choubey , T. Berlijn , B. M. Andersen , P. J. Hirschfeld

Although no known material exhibits intrinsic topological superconductivity, wherein spin-triplet odd-parity electron pairing occurs, UTe2 is now the leading representative of this class. Conventionally, the parity of the superconducting…

We analyze the scattering rate for 2D fermions interacting via soft nematic fluctuations. The ground state is an s-wave superconductor, but other pairing channels are almost equally attractive. This strongly alters the scattering rate: At…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-10 Dimitri Pimenov , Alex Kamenev , Andrey V. Chubukov

We study the effects of single-impurity scattering on the local density of states in the high-$T_c$ cuprates. We compare the quasiparticle interference patterns in three different ordered states: d-wave superconductor (DSC), d-density wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Cristina Bena , Sudip Chakravarty , Jiangping Hu , Chetan Nayak