Signature of proximity induced triplet superconductivity in junctions made of the doped topological insulator $\mathrm{B}{\mathrm{i}}_2\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{e}}_3$ and the s-wave superconductor NbN

Abstract

Thin film junctions and bilayers of the doped topological insulator $\mathrm{B}{\mathrm{i}}_2\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{e}}_3$ and the s-wave superconductor NbN were found to exhibit conductance spectra with prominent zero bias and coherence peaks. Various tunneling models with different pair potentials have failed to fit our data, except for the triplet $p_x+i{p}_y$ pair potential, which breaks time reversal symmetry, but yielded reasonably good fits. This provides evidence for proximity induced triplet superconductivity in the $\mathrm{B}{\mathrm{i}}_2\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{e}}_3$ layer near the interface with the NbN film.

Accepted for publication in Europhysics Letters

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