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Time-reversal breaking topological superconductors are new states of matter which can support Majorana zero modes at the edge. In this paper, we propose a new realization of one-dimensional topological superconductivity and Majorana zero…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-24 Gang Xu , Jing Wang , Binghai Yan , Xiao-Liang Qi

We present a new scheme for Majorana modes in systems with nonsymmporhic-symmetry-protected band degeneracy. We reveal that when the gapless fermionic excitations are encoded with conventional superconductivity and magnetism, which can be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-10 Zhongyi Zhang , Zhenfei Wu , Chen Fang , Fu-chun Zhang , Jiangping Hu , Yuxuan Wang , Shengshan Qin

We theoretically consider the effect of a spatially periodic modulation of the superconducting order parameter on the formation of Majorana fermions induced by a one-dimensional system with magnetic impurities brought into close proximity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-19 Silas Hoffman , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

We study a chain of magnetic moments exchange coupled to a conventional three dimensional superconductor. In the normal state the chain orders into a collinear configuration, while in the superconducting phase we find that ferromagnetism is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-04-27 M. Schecter , K. Flensberg , M. H. Christensen , B. M. Andersen , J. Paaske

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

Higher-order topological superconductors host Majorana zero modes localized at corners or hinges, providing a promising route toward scalable and controllable Majorana networks without vortices or magnetic flux. Here we propose a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-06 Yongting Shi , Qing Wang , Zhen-Guo Fu , Ping Zhang , Ning Hao

As one of the simplest systems for realizing Majorana fermions, topological superconductor plays an important role in both condensed matter physics and quantum computations. Based on \emph{ab~initio} calculations and the analysis of an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-06 Gang Xu , Biao Lian , Peizhe Tang , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Linear, suspended chains of magnetic atoms proximity coupled to an s-wave superconductor are predicted to host Majorana zero modes at the chain ends in the presence of strong spin-orbit coupling. Specifically, iron (Fe) chains on Pb(110)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Michael Ruby , Benjamin W. Heinrich , Yang Peng , Felix von Oppen , Katharina J. Franke

Topological superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional systems is a novel phase of matter with possible implications for quantum computation. Despite years of effort, a definitive signature of this phase in experiments is still debated. A…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-12 Omri Lesser , Andrew Saydjari , Marie Wesson , Amir Yacoby , Yuval Oreg

We study a two-band model of fermions in a 1d chain with an antisymmetric hybridization that breaks inversion symmetry. We find that for certain values of its parameters, the $sp$-chain maps formally into a $p$-wave superconducting chain,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-19 Mucio A. Continentino , Heron Caldas , David Nozadze , Nandini Trivedi

One-dimensional (1D) topological superconductivity is a state of matter that is not found in nature. However, it can be realised, for example, by inducing superconductivity into the quantum spin Hall edge state of a two-dimensional…

The exploration of topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes has become a rapidly developing field. Many types of proposals to realize topological superconductors have been presented, and significant advances have been recently…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-11 Yupeng Li , Zhu-An Xu

Artificially engineered topological superconductivity has emerged as a viable route to create Majorana modes, exotic quasiparticles which have raised great expectations for storing and manipulating information in topological quantum…

Conventional topological superconductors are fully gapped in the bulk but host gapless Majorana modes on their boundaries. We instead focus on a new class of superconductors, second-order topological superconductors, that have gapped,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-09 Yuxuan Wang , Mao Lin , Taylor L. Hughes

Superconducting heterostructures with spin-active materials have emerged as promising platforms for engineering topological superconductors featuring Majorana bound states at surfaces, edges and vortices. Here we present a method for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-08-09 Jens Michelsen , Roland Grein

Spin-triplet $p$-wave superconductors are promising candidates for topological superconductors. They have been proposed in various heterostructures where a material with strong spin-orbit interaction is coupled to a conventional $s$-wave…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-01-03 Yung-Yeh Chang , Khoe Van Nguyen , Kuang-Lung Chen , Yen-Wen Lu , Chung-Yu Mou , Chung-Hou Chung

A time-reversal invariant topological superconductivity is suggested to be realized in a quasi-one dimensional structure on a plane, which is fabricated by filling the superconducting materials into the periodic channel of dielectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 E. Nakhmedov , S. Mammadova , O. Alekperov

The possible realization of Majorana fermions as quasiparticle excitations in condensed matter physics has created much excitement. Most recent studies have focused on Majorana bound states which can serve as topological qubits. More…

Monolayers of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are two-dimensional materials whose low energy sector consists of two inequivalent valleys. The valence bands have a large spin splitting due to strong spin-orbit coupling. Furthermore…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-24 Junhua Zhang , Vivek Aji

Inspired by the recent experimental observation of topological superconductivity in ferromagnetic chains, we consider a dilute 2D lattice of magnetic atoms deposited on top of a superconducting surface with a Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Joel Röntynen , Teemu Ojanen