Conference proceeding
Microscopic Scattering Approach to In-Gap States
2026 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting
04/29/2026
DOI: 10.2172/3030136
Abstract
We develop a microscopic scattering formalism to describe Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states due to a single Cr adatom on the Bi-terminated surface of beta Bi2Pd, by combining ab initio Wannier functions with a real-space Green's function approach in the Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism[1]. Our framework reproduces key scanning tunneling spectroscopy features, including a single particle-hole asymmetric YSR peak and isotropic dIdV maps around the impurity. Decomposing the YSR states reveals contributions from four nearly degenerate C4v representations, with energy broadening masking their individual signatures. Spin-orbit coupling induces partial spin polarization, while the spatial asymmetry between particle and hole components arises from Cr d-Bi p hybridization. These results highlight the importance of realistic band structures and microscopic modeling for interpreting STM data for magnetic in-gap states on superconductors. Further advances examining layered 2D material surfaces, such as NbSe2, will be described[2]. For this system the superconducting properties are obtained from a full anisotropic Eliashberg calculation of the superconducting order parameter along with the charge density wave gap. Additional features associated with proposals to measure the dynamics of these individual YSR states will be presented. [1] arXiv:2507.08740 [2] arXiv:2507.11856
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Microscopic Scattering Approach to In-Gap States
- Creators
- Michael Flatté - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- 2026 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting
- DOI
- 10.2172/3030136
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/29/2026
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9985230784702771
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