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Kochan, Denis ; Barth, Michael ; Costa, Andreas ; Richter, Klaus ; Fabian, Jaroslav

Spin Relaxation and Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States in Superconducting Graphene

Kochan, Denis , Barth, Michael , Costa, Andreas , Richter, Klaus and Fabian, Jaroslav (2022) Spin Relaxation and Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States in Superconducting Graphene. AIP Conference Proceedings 2551 (1), 040002.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 04 Nov 2022 07:51
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.53153


Abstract

We study theoretically the relaxation of quasi-particle spins in graphene in proximity to an s-wave superconductor in the presence of resonant magnetic and spin-orbit active impurities. It is well known that off resonance, the relaxation behaves as predicted from superconducting coherence: with lower temperatures the spin relaxation increases when electrons scatter off magnetic impurities ...

We study theoretically the relaxation of quasi-particle spins in graphene in proximity to an s-wave superconductor in the presence of resonant magnetic and spin-orbit active impurities. It is well known that off resonance, the relaxation behaves as predicted from superconducting coherence: with lower temperatures the spin relaxation increases when electrons scatter off magnetic impurities (Hebel-Slichter effect), and decreases when the scatterers act via spin-orbit coupling. This distinct temperature dependence, not available in the normal state, can uniquely discriminate between the two scattering mechanisms. We have shown [1] that the Hebel-Slichter picture breaks down when magnetic impurities act resonantly—the emergent Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states inside the gap shift the spectral weight of the magnetic resonances and thus suppress their interaction with quasi-particle states. As a consequence this leads to a significant decrease of the spin-relaxation rate at lower temperatures. Our findings are valid for generic s-wave superconductors that host resonant magnetic impurities.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleAIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher:American Institute of Physics
Volume:2551
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:1
Page Range:040002
Date9 September 2022
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter
Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Jaroslav Fabian
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10.1063/5.0099040DOI
Keywordssuperconductivity, graphene, spin relaxation, resonance, Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states, Hebel-Slichter effect
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-531534
Item ID53153

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