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The magnetic-field-dependence critical current I c (H a) is measured for the Mo/Au bilayer transition-edge sensors. A model based on a surface barrier delaying the first penetration of magnetic flux into a flat superconducting strip, including both the geometrical and Bean–Livingston barrier, in combination with two Josephson junction models with different characteristic lengths, is found to ubiquitously fit the I c (H a) curves of devices with various geometry designs. The bulk penetration depth, London depairing current density, Josephson junction critical current, self-field coupling coefficient, and conditions of the first vortex entry are investigated throughout the superconducting transition. The evidences of Josephson effect are observed in both Fraunhofer interference pattern and Shapiro steps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WT e 2 is a material with rich topological properties: it is a 2D topological insulator as a monolayer and a Weyl-semimetal and higher-order topological insulator in a bulk form. Inducing superconductivity in topological materials is a way to obtain topological superconductivity, which lays at the foundation for many proposals of fault tolerant quantum computing. Here, we demonstrate the emergence of superconductivity at the interface between WT e 2 and the normal metal palladium. The superconductivity has a critical temperature of about 1.2 K. By studying the superconductivity in a perpendicular magnetic field, we obtain the coherence length and the London penetration depth. These parameters correspond to a low Fermi velocity and a high density of states at the Fermi level. This hints to a possible origin of superconductivity due to the formation of flatbands. Furthermore, the critical in-plane magnetic field exceeds the Pauli limit, suggesting a non-trivial nature of the superconducting state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]