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摘要
迄今为止，二碲化铀（UTe2）是块状 p 波超导体的最有力竞争者。在此，我们对 UTe2 的常压超导相进行了光谱研究，测量了由不同晶面上的金属触点形成的点接触结在低至 250 mK 和高至 18 T 下的电导率。利用布隆德-廷卡姆-克拉普韦克（BTK）p 波配对模型拟合一系列定性变化的光谱，我们可以提取每个结的间隙振幅和界面势垒强度。我们发现，数据与振幅为 0.26 ± 0.06 meV 的主要 p 波间隙函数非常吻合。我们的工作提供了光谱学证据，证明UTe2 超导态中的间隙结构与所提出的自旋-三重配对相一致。
Probing p-wave superconductivity in UTe2 via point-contact junctions
Uranium ditelluride (UTe2) is the strongest contender to date for a p-wave superconductor in bulk form. Here we perform a spectroscopic study of the ambient pressure superconducting phase of UTe2, measuring conductance through point-contact junctions formed by metallic contacts on different crystalline facets down to 250 mK and up to 18 T. Fitting a range of qualitatively varying spectra with a Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) model for p-wave pairing, we can extract gap amplitude and interface barrier strength for each junction. We find good agreement with the data for a dominant py-wave gap function with amplitude 0.26 ± 0.06 meV. Our work provides spectroscopic evidence for a gap structure consistent with the proposed spin-triplet pairing in the superconducting state of UTe2.
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