Robust quantized thermal conductance of Majorana floating edge bands in d-wave superconductors
Abstract
We propose and characterize a new class of Majorana boundary states, i.e., floating Majorana edge bands (FMEBs), which emerge in two-dimensional (2D) superconductors that break time-reversal symmetry yet host helical-like transport. In contrast to conventional chiral or helical edge modes, FMEBs form isolated, momentum-separated counterpropagating Majorana modes detached from the bulk continuum. We identify a minimal mechanism for their emergence via anisotropic Wilson masses in a two-band Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) model, and demonstrate their microscopic realization in a quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator proximitized by a -wave superconductor. Using nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) simulations, we uncover clear transport fingerprints: a quantized total thermal conductance in two-terminal devices, and a robust half-quantized plateau in four-terminal geometries that cleanly distinguishes FMEBs from chiral QAH phases. This thermal response remains remarkably stable under finite temperature, moderate long-range disorder, and finite chemical potential. Our findings establish FMEBs as an experimentally accessible route toward helical-like Majorana transport in systems without time-reversal symmetry, with direct implications for topological quantum computation.
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@article{arxiv.2604.05588,
title = {Robust quantized thermal conductance of Majorana floating edge bands in d-wave superconductors},
author = {Yanmiao Han and Yu-Hao Wan and Zhaoqin Cao and Rundong Zhao and Qing-Feng Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.05588},
year = {2026}
}
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12 pages, 8 figures