Layered superconductor coaxed to show unusual properties with potential for quantum computing

Phys.org  July 31, 2024 Chiral superconductors are a unique class of unconventional superconductors in which the complex superconducting order parameter winds clockwise or anticlockwise in the momentum space. It represents a topologically non-trivial system with intrinsic time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) and direct implications for topological quantum computing. Chiral molecules with neither mirror nor inversion symmetry have been widely investigated. An international team of researchers (USA – UCLA, Czech Republic) explored unconventional superconductivity in chiral molecule intercalated TaS2 hybrid superlattices. The experimental signatures of unconventional superconductivity suggested that the intriguing interplay between crystalline atomic layers and the self-assembled chiral molecular layers […]