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We study theoretically proximity-induced superconductivity and ferromagnetism on the surface of a topological insulator. In particular, we investigate how the Andreev-bound states are influenced by the interplay between these phenomena,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 Jacob Linder , Yukio Tanaka , Takehito Yokoyama , Asle Sudbø , Naoto Nagaosa

We study the Josephson effect in the multiterminal junction of topological superconductors. We use the symmetry-constrained scattering matrix approach to derive band dispersions of emergent sub-gap Andreev bound states in a multidimensional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-03 Hong-Yi Xie , Alex Levchenko

We investigate the topological phase diagram of {an extension of the Haldane model with equal spin pairing superconductivity}. In two dimensions, we find a topological nodal superconducting phase, which exhibits a chiral Majorana mode…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Simone Traverso , Niccolò Traverso Ziani , Maura Sassetti , Fernando Dominguez

We study a semiconductor wire with strong spin-orbit coupling, which is proximity-coupled to a superconductor with chemical potential disorder. When tunneling at the semiconductor- superconductor interface is very weak, it is known that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-02 William S. Cole , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

Motivated by a recent breakthrough transport experiment [Phys. Rev. B.107.245423 (2023)] in Majorana nanowires, we theoretically investigate local and nonlocal transport in Majorana nanowires in various disorder regimes, correlating the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Sankar Das Sarma , Haining Pan

In this paper, we investigate the non-Markovian quantum transport dynamics of a two-terminal Majorana device that is made of an asymmetric topological superconducting chain coupled to two leads. This asymmetric superconducting chain is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-20 Chuan-Zhe Yao , Wei-Min Zhang

A semiconducting nanowire with strong Rashba coupling and in proximity of a superconductor hosts Majorana edge modes. An array of such nanowires with inter-wire coupling gives an approximate description of a two-dimensional topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-08 Deepti Rana , Goutam Sheet

Superconductors with an odd number of bands crossing the Fermi energy have topologically protected Andreev states at interfaces, including Majorana states in one dimensional geometries. Superconductivity, a low number of 1D channels, large…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-11 J. G. Rodrigo , V. Crespo , H. Suderow , S. Vieira , F. Guinea

Motivated by the recent experiment of Wang et al. [Nature Physics 6, 389 (2010)], who observed a highly unusual transport behavior of ferromagnetic Cobalt nanowires proximity-coupled to superconducting electrodes, we study proximity effect…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-03 So Takei , Victor Galitski

A topological superconducting wire with an effective time reversal symmetry is known to have a $\mathbb{Z}_8$ topological classification in the presence of interactions. The topological index $|n| \le 4$ counts the number of Majorana end…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 Dganit Meidan , Alessandro Romito , Piet W. Brouwer

Majorana bound states are quasiparticle excitations localized at the boundaries of a topologically nontrivial superconductor. They are zero-energy, charge-neutral, particle-hole symmetric, and spatially-separated end modes which are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Pasquale Marra

In this paper, we investigate the influence of Majorana bound states on the Fano-Rashba effect in a two-channel Fano-Anderson model. Employing Green's function formalism and the equation of motion method, we compute the transmission through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 B. Grez , J. P. Ramos-Andrade , P. A. Orellana

We study the system of double Rashba wires brought into the proximity to an $s$-wave superconductor. The time reversal invariant topological superconductivity is realized if the interwire pairing corresponding to crossed Andreev reflection…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-14 Hiromi Ebisu , Bo Lu , Jelena Klinovaja , Yukio Tanaka

The extension of the topological classification of band insulators to topological semimetals gave way to the topology classes of Dirac, Weyl, and nodal line semimetals with their unique Fermi arc and drum head boundary modes. Similarly,…

It has been shown previously that a finite-length topological insulator nanowire, proximity-coupled to an ordinary bulk s-wave superconductor and subject to a longitudinal applied magnetic field, realizes a one-dimensional topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-10-19 A. M. Cook , M. M. Vazifeh , M. Franz

We theoretically study quantum transport through a quantum dot coupled to Majorana bound states confined at the ends of a topological superconducting nanowire. The topological superconductor forms a loop and is threaded by a tunable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-25 Levente Máthé , Doru Sticlet , Liviu P. Zârbo

We propose a theoretical framework in which a one-dimensional (1D) tight-binding model incorporating unconventional magnetic order together with Rashba and Ising spin-orbit couplings are considered to realize two key phenomena in condensed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Amartya Pal , Debashish Mondal , Tanay Nag , Arijit Saha

Topological phases of matter have been used as a fertile realm of intensive discussions about fermionic fractionalization. In this work, we study the effects of anisotropic superconducting correlations in the fermionic fractionalization on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 M. A. R. Griffith , E. Mamani , L. Nunes , H. Caldas

There has been recent interest in superconductor-magnetic insulator hybrid Rashba nanowire setups for potentially hosting Majorana zero modes at smaller external Zeeman fields. Using the non-equilibrium Green's function technique, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-27 Roshni Singh , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

We investigate the linear thermoelectric response of an interacting quantum dot side-coupled by one of two Majorana fermions (MFs) formed at the ends of a topological superconducting wire. We employ the numerical renormalization group…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-22 Heunghwan Khim , Rosa Lopez , Jong Soo Lim , Minchul Lee