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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Materials
  • Superconductivity

Background:

  • Materials in contact with superconductors can gain proximity-induced superconductivity.
  • This phenomenon enables novel electronic phases like topological and odd-frequency superconductivity.
  • Investigating minimal systems is crucial for understanding fundamental proximity effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the proximity effect in the smallest possible system: a single quantum level of a surface state.
  • To experimentally detect and characterize spin-degenerate Andreev bound states.
  • To establish a method for measuring proximity-induced pairing in quantum systems.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a quantum corral on a superconducting substrate using scanning tunneling microscopy.
  • Tuning quantum corral eigenmodes to the Fermi energy.
  • Tunnel spectroscopy to detect in-gap states and analyze their anticrossings.

Main Results:

  • Observed pair of particle-hole symmetric states entering the superconducting gap when a corral eigenmode is near the Fermi energy.
  • Identified these states as spin-degenerate Andreev bound states, predicted 50 years ago.
  • Anticrossings of in-gap states serve as a quantitative measure of proximity-induced pairing.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides the first experimental detection of spin-degenerate Andreev bound states via tunnel spectroscopy.
  • Confirms the feasibility of inducing superconductivity into surface states using proximity effects.
  • Opens avenues for creating superconducting artificial lattices and interpreting impurity-induced states in superconductors.