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Higher-order topological superconductivity in monolayer WTe$_2$ from repulsive interactions

Superconductivity 2023-08-07 v2 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Superconductivity has been experimentally observed in monolayer WTe2, which in-plane field measurements suggested are of spin-triplet nature. Furthermore, it has been proposed that with a pp-wave pairing, the material is a second-order topological superconductor with a pair of Majorana zero modes at the corners of a finite sample. We show that for a repulsive on-site interaction and sizable Fermi surfaces, the desired p-wave state arises naturally due to the Kohn-Luttinger mechanism, and indeed a finite superconducting sample hosts corner Majorana zero modes. We study the behavior of the critical temperature in response to external in-plane magnetic fields. We find an enhancement to the critical temperature that depends on the direction of the magnetic field, which can be directly verified experimentally.

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@article{arxiv.2303.11345,
  title  = {Higher-order topological superconductivity in monolayer WTe$_2$ from repulsive interactions},
  author = {Ammar Jahin and Yuxuan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.11345},
  year   = {2023}
}
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