Topological insulators and superconductors based on $p$-wave magnets,electrical control and detection of a domain wall
Abstract
Altermagnets are time-reversal broken antiferromagnets, where the component of the N\'{e}el vector is detectable by anomalous Hall effects. On the other hand, recently proposed -wave magnets are time-reversal preserved antiferromagnets, and it is a highly nontrivial problem how to detect and control a domain wall. We study a one-dimensional hybrid system made of a -wave magnet and a metal possessing the orbital degree of freedom. The hybrid system is a topological insulator without the spin-orbit interaction. There emerge two edge states per one edge, because the system is mapped to a set of two copies of a topological insulator. Each copy resembles the long-range Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model but it is topologically different. Topological interface states emerge at a domain wall in the -wave magnet, which are charged due to the Jackiw-Rebbi mechanism. Consequently, a domain wall in the -wave magnet will be controllable and detectable purely by electrical means. We also study Majorana fermions induced by proximity coupling of -wave superconductivity and -wave magnet.
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@article{arxiv.2404.08300,
title = {Topological insulators and superconductors based on $p$-wave magnets,electrical control and detection of a domain wall},
author = {Motohiko Ezawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.08300},
year = {2024}
}
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8 pages, 8 figures