Two-electron photoemission spectroscopy in topological superconductors

Ka Ho Wong, Ameya Patwardhan, Peter Abbamonte, Fahad Mahmood, Dirk K. Morr

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Abstract

We demonstrate that the photoelectron counting rate, P(2), measured in two-electron coincidence spectroscopy experiments, provides insight into the nature of topological superconductivity. In particular, we show that the spin dependence of P(2) allows one to detect superconducting spin-triplet correlations that are induced in a topological superconductor even in the absence of an associated triplet superconducting order parameter. This ability to detect spin-triplet correlations allows one to distinguish between two recently proposed scenarios for the microscopic origin of topological superconductivity in FeSe0.45Te0.55. Finally, we show that P(2) exhibits a characteristic intensity maximum that can be employed to detect topological phase transitions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number094503
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume109
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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