Charge-density-wave control by adatom manipulation and its effect on magnetic nanostructures

Physik niobium diselenide info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/660 Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 660 superconductivity Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) FOS: Physical sciences scanning tunneling microscopy charge-density wave Yu−Shiba−Rusinovstates atom manipulation 530
DOI: 10.3204/pubdb-2025-00085 Publication Date: 2024-12-19
ABSTRACT
Charge-density waves (CDWs) are correlated states of matter, in which the electronic density is modulated periodically due to electronic and phononic interactions. Often, CDW phases coexist with other correlated states, such as superconductivity, spin-density waves, or Mott insulators. Controlling CDW phases may, therefore, enable the manipulation of the energy landscape of these interacting states. The transition metal dichalcogenide 2H-NbSe2 hosts both CDW order and superconductivity, with the incommensurate CDW phase resulting in different CDW-to-lattice alignments at the atomic scale. Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we position adatoms on the surface to induce reversible CDW domain switching. We show that the domain structure critically affects other local interactions, particularly the hybridization of Yu–Shiba–Rusinov states, which emerge from exchange interactions of magnetic Fe atoms with the superconductor. Our results suggest that CDW manipulation could also be used to introduce domain walls into coupled spin chains on superconductors, potentially impacting topological superconductivity.
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