Transport evidence of asymmetric spin–orbit coupling in few-layer superconducting 1T d-MoTe2

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides with peculiar spin–orbit coupling may lead to exotic phenomena. Here, the authors report a large in-plane upper critical field with a two-fold symmetry, suggesting a novel asymmetric spin–orbit coupling in few-layer 1T d-MoTe2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jian Cui, Peiling Li, Jiadong Zhou, Wen-Yu He, Xiangwei Huang, Jian Yi, Jie Fan, Zhongqing Ji, Xiunian Jing, Fanming Qu, Zhi Gang Cheng, Changli Yang, Li Lu, Kazu Suenaga, Junwei Liu, Kam Tuen Law, Junhao Lin, Zheng Liu, Guangtong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09995-0