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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

We consider 2D surface superconductivity in high magnetic fields parallel to the surface. We demonstrate that the spin-orbit interaction at the surface changes the properties of the inhomogeneous superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Victor Barzykin , Lev P. Gor'kov

We introduce a class of topological lasers based on the photonic Floquet topological insulator concept. The proposed system is realized as a truncated array of the lasing helical waveguides, where the pseudo-magnetic field arises due to…

We analyze, analytically and numerically, a periodically driven Rashba nanowire proximity coupled to an $s$-wave superconductor using bosonization and renormalization group analysis in the regime of strong electron-electron interactions.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Manisha Thakurathi , Pavel P. Aseev , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

We propose a mechanism for light-induced unconventional superconductivity in a two-valley semiconductor with a massive Dirac type band structure. The superconducting phase results from the out-of-equilibrium excitation of carriers in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-14 Hossein Dehghani , Mohammad Hafezi , Pouyan Ghaemi

The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity provides a fertile ground for engineering exotic topological phases, while dynamical control via periodic driving offers a unique avenue to access quantum states that are inaccessible in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-03 Xiaolin Wan , Zheng Qin , Fangyang Zhan , Junjie Zeng , Dong-Hui Xu , Rui Wang

We propose an optical method of shining circularly polarized and spatially periodic laser fields to imprint superlattice structures in two-dimensional electronic systems. By changing the configuration of the optical field, we synthesize…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 Hwanmun Kim , Hossein Dehghani , Hideo Aoki , Ivar Martin , Mohammad Hafezi

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

The recent discovery of ambient-pressure superconductivity in thin-film bilayer nickelates opens new possibilities for investigating electronic structures in this new class of high-transition temperature $T_C$ superconductors. Here, we…

We have designed, fabricated and tested a robust superconducting ratchet device based on topologically frustrated spin-ice nanomagnets. The device is made of a magnetic Co honeycomb array embedded in a superconducting Nb film. This device…

The use of Floquet theory combined with a realistic description of the electronic structure of illuminated graphene and graphene nanoribbons is developed to assess the emergence of non-adiabatic and non-perturbative effects on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-13 Hernan L. Calvo , Pablo M. Perez-Piskunow , Horacio M. Pastawski , Stephan Roche , Luis E. F. Foa Torres

Optical conductivity of a moderately disordered superconducting NbN film was investigated by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in external magnetic field applied along the film plane. The film thickness of about 5 nm was comparable with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-19 M. Sindler , F. Kadlec , C. Kadlec

Spin-triplet superconductivity is a key platform for topological quantum computing, yet its experimental realization and control in solid-state materials remain a significant challenge. For this purpose, we propose an ultrafast optical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-29 Zecheng Shen , Chendi Xie , Wei-Chih Chen , Yao Wang

We investigate topological phase transitions in a two-dimensional electron system with cubic Rashba spin-orbit coupling driven by circularly polarized light. Within the Floquet framework, we demonstrate that light-matter interaction induces…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-20 Debabrata Sinha

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

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

We propose an optical approach to monitor superconductors in conjunction with a normal metal layer. Effectively such a hybrid system represents a resonator, where electrons are strongly coupled with light. We show that the interaction of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-15 K. H. A. Villegas , V. M. Kovalev , F. V. Kusmartsev , I. G. Savenko

We study the photon-dressed electronic band structure of topological insulator thin films which could be also doped doped by magnetic impurities in response to an off-resonance time-periodic electromagnetic field. The thin films irradiated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-21 S. Sajad Dabiri , Hosein Cheraghchi , Ali Sadeghi

The control of physical properties of solids with short laser pulses is an intriguing prospect of ultrafast materials science. Continuous-wave high-frequency laser driving with circular polarization was predicted to induce a light-matter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-15 M. A. Sentef , M. Claassen , A. F. Kemper , B. Moritz , T. Oka , J. K. Freericks , T. P. Devereaux

The high temperature superconductivity in cuprate materials1 has puzzled scientists over twenty years. We must find a new way to understand superconductivity. It is found the spin-charge correlation may dominate the superconductivity2, and…

General Physics · Physics 2009-04-11 Tian De Cao