Surface states around a vortex in topological superconductors: Intersection of a surface and a vortex
Superconductivity
2015-02-09 v2
Abstract
We numerically show that the zero-energy Majorana surface states are suppressed around a vortex in the three-dimensional topological superconductors such as CuBiSe and SnInTe. On the other hand, the zero-energy Majorana bound states along the vortex line are robust against cut by the surface. The suppression of the surface bound states is similar to that with a magnetic impurity on the surface of the topological insulator. The suppression of the surface-bound states around a vortex can be observed as the unconventional energy dependence of imaging of the scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy.
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@article{arxiv.1412.5713,
title = {Surface states around a vortex in topological superconductors: Intersection of a surface and a vortex},
author = {Yuki Nagai and Hiroki Nakamura and Masahiko Machida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5713},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn