Multiple Topological Phase Transitions Unveiling Gapless Topological Superconductivity in Magnet/Unconventional Superconductor Hybrid Platform
Abstract
We propose a theoretical framework for generating gapless topological superconductivity (GTSC) hosting Majorana flat edge modes (MFEMs) in the presence of a two-dimensional (2D) array of magnetic adatoms with noncollinear spin texture deposited on top of a unconventional superconductor. Our observations reveal two distinct topological phase transitions within the emergent Shiba band depending on the exchange coupling strength () between magnetic adatom spins and superconducting electrons: the first one designates transition from gapless non-topological to gapless topological phase at lower , while the second one denotes transition from gapless topological to a trivial gapped superconducting phase at higher . The gapless topological superconducting phase survives at intermediate values of , hosting MFEMs. Further, we investigate the nature of the bulk effective pairings which indicate that GTSC appears due to the interplay between pseudo "-wave" and pseudo "" types of pairing. Consequently, our study opens a promising avenue for the experimental realization of GTSC in 2D Shiba lattice based on -wave superconductors as a high-temperature platform.
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@article{arxiv.2405.01914,
title = {Multiple Topological Phase Transitions Unveiling Gapless Topological Superconductivity in Magnet/Unconventional Superconductor Hybrid Platform},
author = {Minakshi Subhadarshini and Amartya Pal and Pritam Chatterjee and Arijit Saha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01914},
year = {2024}
}
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Invited article for APL Special Collection: Topological and Chiral Matter - Physics and Applications. This is the Published Version