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Topological superconductivity in bilayer Rashba system

Superconductivity 2012-04-09 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We theoretically study a possible topological superconductivity in the interacting two layers of Rashba systems, which can be fabricated by the hetero-structures of semiconductors and oxides. The hybridization, which induces the gap in the single particle dispersion, and the electron-electron interaction between the two layers leads to the novel phase diagram of the superconductivity. It is found that the topological superconductivity {\it without breaking time-reversal symmetry} is realized when (i) the Fermi energy is within the hybridization gap, and (ii) the inter-layer interaction is repulsive, both of which can be satisfied in realistic systems. Edge channels are studied in a tight-binding model numerically, and the several predictions on experiments are also given.

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@article{arxiv.1112.5822,
  title  = {Topological superconductivity in bilayer Rashba system},
  author = {Sho Nakosai and Yukio Tanaka and Naoto Nagaosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.5822},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages

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