Planar graphene-NbSe${}_2$ Josephson junctions in a parallel magnetic field

Abstract

Thin transition metal dichalcogenides sustain superconductivity at large in-plane magnetic fields due to Ising spin-orbit protection, which locks their spins in an out-of-plane orientation. Here we use thin NbSe${}_2$ as superconducting electrodes laterally coupled to graphene, making a planar, all van der Waals two-dimensional Josephson junction (2DJJ). We map out the behavior of these novel devices with respect to temperature, gate voltage, and both out-of-plane and in-plane magnetic fields. Notably, the 2DJJs sustain supercurrent up to $H_{\parallel }$ as high as 8.5 T, where the Zeeman energy $E_Z$ rivals the Thouless energy $E_{Th}$, a regime hitherto inaccessible in graphene. As the parallel magnetic field $H_{\parallel }$ increases, the 2DJJ's critical current is suppressed and in a few cases undergoes suppression and recovery. We explore the behavior in $H_{\parallel }$ by considering theoretically two effects: a 0-$\pi$ transition induced by tuning of the Zeeman energy and the unique effect of ripples in an atomically thin layer which create a small spatially varying perpendicular component of the field. The 2DJJs have potential utility as flexible probes for two-dimensional superconductivity in a variety of materials and introduce high $H_{\parallel }$ as a newly accessible experimental knob.

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