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We study theoretically the proximity effect between ferromagnets (F) and superconductors (S) with broken time-reversal symmetry (${\cal T}$). A chiral $(p_x\pm ip_y)$-wave, and a $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave superconductor, the latter of which can…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-31 Kazuhiro Kuboki , Hidenori Takahashi

A magnetic domain boundary on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator is predicted to host a chiral edge state, but direct demonstration is challenging. Here, we used a scanning superconducting quantum interference device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-18 Y. H. Wang , J. R. Kirtley , F. Katmis , P. Jarillo-Herrero , J. S. Moodera , K. A. Moler

We analyze the topological properties of a chiral ${p}+i{p}$ superconductor for a two-dimensional metal/semimetal with four Dirac points. Such a system has been proposed to realize second-order topological superconductivity and host corner…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-07 Apoorv Tiwari , Ammar Jahin , Yuxuan Wang

In superconducting ferromagnets the equilibrium domain structure is absent in the Meissner state, but appears in the spontaneous vortex phase (the mixed state in zero external magnetic field), though with a period, which can essentially…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-01 E. B. Sonin

Flat-band Majorana bound states of nodal $p$-wave superconductors give rise to striking electromagnetic anomalies, reflecting their high degree of degeneracy at the Fermi level. However, experimental investigations of these states have been…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-17 Yutaro Nagae , Leo Katayama , Satoshi Ikegaya

Topological insulators, in contrast to ordinary semiconductors, accompany protected metallic surfaces described by Dirac-type fermions. Here, we theoretically show another emergent two-dimensional metal embedded in the bulk insulator is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-05-30 Youhei Yamaji , Masatoshi Imada

The chiral $p$-wave superconductor/superfluid in two dimensions (2D) is the simplest and most robust system for topological quantum computation . Candidates for such topological superconductors/superfluids in nature are very rare. A widely…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Xi Luo , Yu-Ge Chen , Ziqiang Wang , Yue Yu

A new type of magnet called $p$-wave unconventional magnet is proposed, stimulated by the discovery of altermagnet. We study the tunneling conductance of $p$-wave unconventional magnet/superconductor junctions by adopting the effective…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-24 Yuri Fukaya , Keiji Yada , Yukio Tanaka

A chiral $p_x+ip_y$ superconductor on a square lattice with nearest and next-nearest hopping and pairing terms is considered. Gap closures, as various parameters of the system are varied, are found analytically and used to identify the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-11-27 Antonio Russo , Sudip Chakravarty

Topological superconductors are one of the most actively studied materials these days. They are a promising candidate for hosting Majorana fermions either on their boundaries or in vortex cores. Detecting 1D edge current around the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-01 HeeSu Byun , Jinhoon Jeong , Kitak Kim , Sang Goon Kim , Seung-Bo Shim , Junho Suh , Hyoungsoon Choi

Fu and Kane have discovered that a topological insulator with induced s-wave superconductivity (gap $\Delta_0$, Fermi velocity $v_{\rm F}$, Fermi energy $\mu$) supports chiral Majorana modes propagating on the surface along the edge with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-28 A. Donís Vela , G. Lemut , M. J. Pacholski , C. W. J. Beenakker

Inducing superconducting correlations in quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) states offers a promising route to realize topological superconductivity with chiral Majorana edge modes. However, the definitive identification of these modes is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-14 Linghao Huang , Dongheng Qian , Jing Wang

We analyze the chiral p-wave superconductor in the low temperature region. The superconductor has a epsilon_{x} p_{x} + i epsilon_{y} p_{y}-wave gap in two dimensional space (2D). Near the second superconducting transition point, the system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Goryo

Using a string inspired model we construct gravity duals generalizing px and p_x + ip_y superconductors. Introducing a Chern-Simons coupling in the gravity side we demonstrate the ability to control which phase dominates at low…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas , Dori Reichmann

We show that topological superconductivity may emerge upon doping of transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers above an integer-filling magnetic state of the topmost valence moir\'e band. The effective attraction between charge…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-01-18 Valentin Crépel , Daniele Guerci , Jennifer Cano , J. H. Pixley , Andrew Millis

We identify graphene as a system where chiral superconductivity can be realized. Chiral superconductivity involves a pairing gap that winds in phase around the Fermi surface, breaking time reversal symmetry. We consider a unique situation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Rahul Nandkishore , Leonid Levitov , Andrey Chubukov

In the correlated electron system with the pseudogap, there are full-gapped domains and Fermi-arced domains coexisting. Those domains are created by the quantum-fluctuated antiferromagnetic fluctuations that generate the short-ranged…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-09-07 Chyh-Hong Chern

As a half-metal is spin-polarized at its Fermi level by definition, it was conventionally thought to have little proximity effect to an s-wave superconductor. Here we show that, with interface spin-orbit coupling, $p_x +ip_y$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-17 Suk Bum Chung , Hai-Jun Zhang , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Through $s-d$ coupling, a superconducting thin film interfaced to a noncollinear magnetic insulator inherits its magnetic order, which may induce unconventional superconductivity that hosts Majorana edge states. From the cycloidal, helical,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-12-08 Wei Chen , Andreas P. Schnyder

We propose to realize a one-dimensional chiral topological superconducting state at the magnetic domain walls stripe of a magnetic topological insulator coupled with a conventional $s$-wave superconductor. The localized Majorana zero modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Jing Wang