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Controlling topological superconductivity by magnetization dynamics

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2017-08-02 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We study theoretically a chain of precessing classical magnetic impurities in an ss-wave superconductor. Utilizing a rotating wave description, we derive an effective Hamiltonian that describes the emergent Shiba band. We find that this Hamiltonian shows non-trivial topological properties, and we obtain the corresponding topological phase diagrams both numerically and analytically. We show that changing the precession frequency offers a control over topological phase transitions and the emergence of Majorana bound states. We propose driving the magnetic impurities or magnetic texture into precession by means of spin-transfer torque in a spin-Hall setup, and manipulate it using spin superfluidity in the case of planar magnetic order.

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@article{arxiv.1703.01870,
  title  = {Controlling topological superconductivity by magnetization dynamics},
  author = {Vardan Kaladzhyan and Pascal Simon and Mircea Trif},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.01870},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages+9 pages supplementary material

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