Current- and field-induced topology in twisted nodal superconductors
Superconductivity
2023-05-17 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
We show that interlayer current induces topological superconductivity in twisted bilayers of nodal superconductors. A bulk gap opens and achieves its maximum near a ``magic'' twist angle . Chiral edge modes lead to a quantized thermal Hall effect at low temperatures. Furthermore, we show that an in-plane magnetic field creates a periodic lattice of topological domains with edge modes forming low-energy bands. We predict their signatures in scanning tunneling microscopy. Estimates for candidate materials indicate that twist angles are optimal for observing the predicted effects.
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@article{arxiv.2212.02389,
title = {Current- and field-induced topology in twisted nodal superconductors},
author = {Pavel A. Volkov and Justin H. Wilson and Kevin Lucht and J. H. Pixley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.02389},
year = {2023}
}