Link between superconductivity and a Lifshitz transition in intercalated Bi2 Se3

A. Almoalem, I. Silber, S. Sandik, M. Lotem, A. Ribak, Y. Nitzav, A. Yu Kuntsevich, O. A. Sobolevskiy, Yu G. Selivanov, V. A. Prudkoglyad, M. Shi, L. Petaccia, M. Goldstein, Y. Dagan, A. Kanigel

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Abstract

Topological superconductivity is an exotic phase of matter in which the fully gapped superconducting bulk hosts gapless Majorana surface states protected by topology. Intercalation of copper, strontium, or niobium between the quintuple layers of the topological insulator Bi2Se3 increases the carrier density and leads to superconductivity that is suggested to be topological. Here we study the electronic structure of strontium-intercalated Bi2Se3 using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. Despite the apparent low Hall number of ∼2×1019cm-3, we show that the Fermi surface has the shape of an open cylinder with a larger carrier density of ∼1020cm-3. We suggest that superconductivity in intercalated Bi2Se3 emerges with the appearance of a quasi-Two-dimensional open Fermi surface.

Original languageEnglish
Article number174518
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume103
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 May 2021

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationDMR-1157490
U.S. Department of Energy
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2016224
Israel Science Foundation227/15, 320/17, 382/17
Tel Aviv University
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Russian Science Foundation17-12-01544

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