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Helical superconducting edge modes from pseudo-Landau levels in graphene

Superconductivity 2021-03-31 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We explore Andreev states at the interface of graphene and a superconductor for a uniform pseudo-magnetic field. Near the zeroth-pseudo Landau level, we find a topological transition as a function of applied Zeeman field, at which a gapless helical mode appears. This 1D mode is protected from backscattering as long as intervalley- and spin-flip scattering are suppressed. We discuss a possible experimental platform to detect this gapless mode based on strained suspended membranes on a superconductor, in which dynamical strain causes charge pumping

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@article{arxiv.2011.09984,
  title  = {Helical superconducting edge modes from pseudo-Landau levels in graphene},
  author = {Daniel Sabsovich and Marc W. Bockrath and Kirill Shtengel and Eran Sela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.09984},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages, 13 figures