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Topological insulators and superconductors based on $p$-wave magnets,electrical control and detection of a domain wall

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2024-10-30 v2 Applied Physics

Abstract

Altermagnets are time-reversal broken antiferromagnets, where the zz component of the N\'{e}el vector is detectable by anomalous Hall effects. On the other hand, recently proposed pp-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 pp-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 pp-wave magnet, which are charged due to the Jackiw-Rebbi mechanism. Consequently, a domain wall in the pp-wave magnet will be controllable and detectable purely by electrical means. We also study Majorana fermions induced by proximity coupling of ss-wave superconductivity and pp-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