Scaling of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov energies in the weak-coupling Kondo regime

Nino Hatter, Benjamin W. Heinrich (), Daniela Rolf and Katharina J. Franke
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Nino Hatter: Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin
Benjamin W. Heinrich: Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin
Daniela Rolf: Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin
Katharina J. Franke: Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The competition of the free-spin state of a paramagnetic impurity on a superconductor with its screened counterpart is characterized by the energy scale of Kondo screening compared to the superconducting pairing energy Δ. When the experimental temperature suppresses Kondo screening, but preserves superconductivity, i.e., when Δ/k B > T > T K (k B is Boltzmann’s constant and T K the Kondo temperature), this description fails. Here, we explore this temperature range in a set of manganese phthalocyanine molecules decorated with ammonia on Pb(111). We show that these molecules suffice the required energy conditions by exhibiting weak-coupling Kondo resonances. We correlate the Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bound states energy inside the superconducting gap with the intensity of the Kondo resonance. The observed correlation follows the expectations for a classical spin on a superconductor. This finding is important in view of many theoretical predictions using a classical spin model, in particular for the description of Majorana bound states in magnetic nanostructures on superconducting substrates.

Date: 2017
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