General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRF-25-0321
Direction
DRF
Thesis topic details
Category
Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, nanosciences
Thesis topics
Topological superconductivity and Fermi surface in spin-triplet superconductors
Contract
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Job description
Topological superconductivity has become a subject of intense research due to its potential for breakthrough in the field of quantum information. Bulk systems are a promising possibility, with candidates found mainly among unconventional superconductors, which are also strongly correlated electron systems. Today, only a few candidate compounds for topological bulk superconductivity exists, and they are mostly uranium-based heavy fermion superconductors. UTe2 is one of the most prominent candidates. The topological properties of the superconductors depends crucially on the topology of the Fermi surface.
In this project we want to set up a novel technique (for our team) relying on a tunnel diode oscillator circuit. This techniques is very sensitive to quantum oscillations, and to be well both to high magnetic fields and to high-pressure studies. First experiments concentrate on the novel superconductor UTe2, where the Fermi surface is only partly known. In further studies the topological properties of the ferromagnetic superconductors UCoGe and URhGe will be revised.
University / doctoral school
Ecole Doctorale de Physique de Grenoble (EdPHYS)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Person to be contacted by the applicant
KNEBEL Georg
georg.knebel@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRIG//PHELIQS
17 rue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble
CEA/Grenoble
04 38 78 08 32
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
KNEBEL Georg
georg.knebel@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRIG//PHELIQS
17 rue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble
CEA/Grenoble
04 38 78 08 32
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