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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 Cux_{x}Bi2_{2}Se3_{3} and Sn1x_{1-x}Inx_{x}Te. 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}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn