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We put forth a theoretical framework for engineering a two-dimensional (2D) second-order topological superconductor (SOTSC) by utilizing a heterostructure: incorporating noncollinear magnetic textures between an $s$-wave superconductor and…

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We investigate the two-leg Hubbard model with diagonal hopping to explore the interplay between geometrical frustration and strong electron-electron interactions. Using the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) method, we demonstrate…

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In this study, we discuss a new type of bulk-boundary correspondence which holds for topological insulators and superconductors when the parity-time ($PT$) and/or parity-particle-hole ($PC$) symmetry are present. In these systems, even when…

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We numerically investigate the ground state of the extended $t$-$J$ Hamiltonian with periodic local modulations in one dimension by using the density-matrix renormalization group method. Examining charge and spin excitation gaps, as well as…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-07-12 Yong-Feng Yang , Jing Chen , Chen Cheng , Hong-Gang Luo

Examples of non-hermitian quantum systems admitting topological insulator phase are presented in one, two and three space dimensions. All of these non-hermitian Hamiltonians have entirely real bulk eigenvalues and unitarity is maintained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-19 Pijush K. Ghosh

Superconductors with the A15 structure are prototypical type-II s-wave superconductors which have generated considerable interest in early superconducting material history. However, the topological nature of the electronic structure remains…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-17 Minsung Kim , Cai-Zhuang Wang , Kai-Ming Ho

We explore the gapless topological phases of a $p$-wave superconductor, probing its rich topologically ordered phases and underlying quantum phenomena. The topological order of the system is characterized by studying its entanglement…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-30 S. Srinidhi , Shashi C. L. Srivastava , Jayendra N. Bandyopadhyay

The bulk-boundary correspondence establishes a connection between the bulk topological index of an insulator or superconductor, and the number of topologically protected edge bands or states. For topological superconductors in two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 Nicholas Sedlmayr , Vardan Kaladzhyan , Clément Dutreix , Cristina Bena

Topological nodal superconductors are generally realized based on unconventional pairings. In this work, we propose a minimal model to realize these topological nodal phases with only $s$-wave interaction. In our model the linear and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-31 Beibing Huang , Xiaosen Yang , Ning Xu , Ming Gong

We propose a novel realization for a topologically superconducting phase hosting Majorana zero-modes on the basis of quantum spin Hall systems. Remarkably, our proposal is completely free of ferromagnets. Instead, we confine helical edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 C. Fleckenstein , N. Traverso Ziani , A. Calzona , M. Sassetti , B. Trauzettel

Topological insulators represent a new state of matter where the topological nature of the bulk bands dictates the existence of a surface state with unique properties. These materials are predicted to host exotic states such as Majorana…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-05-29 Yoshinori Okada , Wenwen Zhou , Chetan. Dhital , D. Walkup , Ying Ran , Z. Wang , Stephen D. Wilson , V. Madhavan

We demonstrate that the one-dimensional helical Majorana edges of two-dimensional time-reversal symmetric topological superconductors (class DIII) can become gapless and insulating by a combination of random edge velocity and interaction.…

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We introduce higher-order topological Dirac superconductor (HOTDSC) as a new gapless topological phase of matter in three dimensions, which extends the notion of Dirac phase to a higher-order topological version. Topologically distinct from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-07 Rui-Xing Zhang , Yi-Ting Hsu , S. Das Sarma

Superconductivity in topological materials has drawn a significant interest of the scientific community as these materials provide a hint of the existence of Majorana fermions conceived from the quantized thermal conductivity, a zero-biased…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-04-27 M. M. Sharma , Prince Sharma , N. K. Karn , V. P. S. Awana

Among the different platforms to engineer Majorana fermions in one-dimensional topological superconductors, topological insulator nanowires remain a promising option. Threading an odd number of flux quanta through these wires induces an odd…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Fernando de Juan , Jens H. Bardarson , Roni Ilan

Gapless topological boundary states characterize nontrivial topological phases arising from the bulk-boundary correspondence in symmetry-protected topological materials, such as the emergence of helical edge states in a two-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-19 Yueh-Ting Yao , Xiaoting Zhou , Yi-Chun Hung , Hsin Lin , Arun Bansil , Tay-Rong Chang

It has recently been realized that zero modes with projective non-Abelian statistics, generalizing the notion of Majorana bound states, may exist at the interface between a superconductor and a ferromagnet along the edge of a fractional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-30 Michele Burrello , Bernard van Heck , Emilio Cobanera

Gapped phases of noninteracting fermions, with and without charge conservation and time-reversal symmetry, are classified using Bott periodicity. The symmetry and spatial dimension determines a general universality class, which corresponds…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Alexei Kitaev

We propose a theoretical model to investigate the interplay between altermagnetism and $p$-wave superconductivity, with a particular focus on topological phase transitions in a two-dimensional (2D) $p$-wave superconductor, considering both…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-06 Pritam Chatterjee , Vladimir Juričić

We systematically study gapless topological phases of (semi-)metals and nodal superconductors described by Bloch and Bogoliubov-de Gennes Hamiltonians. Using K-theory, a classification of topologically stable Fermi surfaces in (semi-)metals…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-06-05 Shunji Matsuura , Po-Yao Chang , Andreas P. Schnyder , Shinsei Ryu