Repairing the Surface of InAs-based Topological Heterostructures
arXiv:1908.08689
Abstract
Candidate systems for topologically-protected qubits include two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) based on heterostructures exhibiting a strong spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and superconductivity via the proximity effect. For InAs- or InSb-based materials, the need to form shallow quantum wells to create a hard-gapped -wave superconducting state often subjects them to fabrication-induced damage, limiting their mobility. Here we examine scattering mechanisms in processed InAs 2DEG quantum wells and demonstrate a means of increasing their mobility via repairing the semiconductor-dielectric interface. Passivation of charged impurity states with an argon-hydrogen plasma results in a significant increase in the measured mobility and reduction in its variance relative to untreated samples, up to 45300 cm/(V s) in a 10 nm deep quantum well.
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