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Shiba bands formed by overlapping Yu-Shiba-Rusinov subgap states in magnetic impurities on a superconductor play an important role in topological superconductors. Here, we theoretically demonstrate the existence of a new type of Shiba bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Ning Dai , Kai Li , Yan-Bin Yang , Yong Xu

Topological superconductors (TSCs) in superconducting hybrid heterostructures, which integrate superconducting and non-superconducting materials, have been intensely investigated with the hope of discovering exotic non-Abelian anyons for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-14 Joseph J. Cuozzo , Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi , Dale Huber , Wei Pan , François Léonard

We investigate the possibility of realizing a topological state in the impurity band formed by a chain of classical spins embedded in a two-dimensional singlet superconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. In contrast to similar proposals…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-23 P. M. R. Brydon , S. Das Sarma , Hoi-Yin Hui , Jay D. Sau

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…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-04-09 Sho Nakosai , Yukio Tanaka , Naoto Nagaosa

Spin chains proximitized with superconducting condensates have emerged as one of the most promising platforms for the realization of Majorana modes. Here, we craft diluted spin chains atom-by-atom following seminal theoretical proposal…

There have been numerous studies on topological superconductivity in magnetic atomic chains deposited on s-wave superconductors. Most of these investigations have focused on spin-orbit interactions or helical spin orders. In this paper, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-24 Jinpeng Xiao , Qianglin Hu , Xiaobing Luo

Magnetic impurities create in-gap states on superconductors. Recent experiments explore the topological properties of one-dimensional arrays of magnetic impurities on superconductors, because in certain regimes p-wave pairing can be locally…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-12-22 Cristina Mier , deung-Jang Choi , Nicolás Lorente

We propose a theoretical framework for generating gapless topological superconductivity (GTSC) hosting Majorana flat edge modes (MFEMs) in the presence of a two-dimensional (2D) array of magnetic adatoms with noncollinear spin texture…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-05-06 Minakshi Subhadarshini , Amartya Pal , Pritam Chatterjee , Arijit Saha

Localized or propagating Majorana boundary modes are the key feature of topological superconductors. They are rare in naturally-occurring compounds, but the tailored manipulation of quantum matter offers opportunities for their realization.…

We study the magnetic and electronic phases of a 1D magnetic adatom chain on a 2D superconductor. In particular, we confirm the existence of a `self-organized' 1D topologically non-trivial superconducting phase within the set of subgap…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-20 M. H. Christensen , M. Schecter , K. Flensberg , B. M. Andersen , J. Paaske

We investigate the topological classification of the subgap bands induced in a two-dimensional superconductor by a densely packed chain of magnetic moments with ferromagnetic or spiral alignments. The wave functions for these bands are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-23 C. J. F. Carroll , B. Braunecker

Chains of magnetic atoms with either strong spin-orbit coupling or spiral magnetic order which are proximity-coupled to superconducting substrates can host topologically non-trivial Majorana bound states. The experimental signature of these…

We investigate topological superconductivity in the Rashba-Hubbard model, describing heavy-atom superlattice and van der Waals materials with broken inversion. We focus in particular on fillings close to the van Hove singularities, where a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-06-26 Pietro M. Bonetti , Debmalya Chakraborty , Xianxin Wu , Andreas P. Schnyder

An array of quantum wires is a natural starting point in realizing two-dimensional topological phases. We study a system of weakly coupled quantum wires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, proximity coupled to a conventional s-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 Inbar Seroussi , Erez Berg , Yuval Oreg

Magnetic adatoms coupled to an $s$-wave superconductor give rise to local bound states, so-called Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states. Focusing on the ultimate goal of tailoring chains of such adatoms into a topologically superconducting phase, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-02-15 Philip Beck , Lucas Schneider , Roland Wiesendanger , Jens Wiebe

We examine the topological properties of a spin-singlet superconductor with Rashba and Dresselhaus (110) spin-orbit couplings. We demonstrate that there are several topological invariants in the Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) Hamiltonian by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-16 Jiabin You , A. H. Chan , C. H. Oh , Vlatko Vedral

Chains of magnetic adatoms on superconductors have been discussed as promising systems for realizing Majorana end states. Here, we show that dilute Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) chains are also a versatile platform for quantum magnetism and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-02 Jacob F. Steiner , Christophe Mora , Katharina J. Franke , Felix von Oppen

The ferromagnetic metal-superconductor heterostructure with interface Rashba spin-orbit hopping is a promising candidate for topological superconductivity. We study the interplay between the interface Rashba hopping and the intrinsic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-15 Yingwen Zhang , Dao-Xin Yao , Zhi Wang

Altermagnet-superconductor heterostructures have been shown, in principle, to provide a route towards realising topological superconductivity, and therefore host topologically protected boundary states. In this work we demonstrate that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-12 George McArdle , Brian Kiraly , Peter Wadley , Adam Gammon-Smith

In this paper, we establish that Majorana zero modes emerging from a topological band structure of a chain of magnetic atoms embedded in a superconductor can be distinguished from trivial localized zero energy states that may accidentally…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-19 Jian Li , Sangjun Jeon , Yonglong Xie , Ali Yazdani , B. Andrei Bernevig