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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 θMA\theta_\mathrm{MA}. 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 θθMA\theta\sim \theta_\mathrm{MA} 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}
}