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We study a one-dimensional $p$-wave superconductor subject to non-Hermitian quasiperiodic potentials. Although the existence of the non-Hermiticity, the Majorana zero mode is still robust against the disorder perturbation. The analytic…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-03-24 Tong Liu , Shujie Cheng , Hao Guo , Gao Xianlong

We theoretically investigate the possibility of obtaining Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in penta-silicene nanoribbons (p-SiNRs) with induced \textit{p}-wave superconductivity. The model explicitly considers an external magnetic field…

We introduce a class of superconductors termed "quantized quadrupole superconductors" that support Majorana corner modes according to the bulk-corner correspondence, distinct from previous works on the second-order topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-24 Yun-Mei Li , Yongwei Huang , Kai Chang

Chains of magnetic atoms, placed on the surface of s-wave superconductors, have been established as a laboratory for the study of Majorana bound states. In such systems, the breaking of time reversal due to magnetic moments gives rise to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-16 Andreas Kreisel , Timo Hyart , Bernd Rosenow

We consider the one-dimensional (1D) topological superconductor that may form in a planar superconductor-metal-superconductor Josephson junction in which the metal is is subjected to spin orbit coupling and to an in-plane magnetic field.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-03-27 Ady Stern , Erez Berg

We present a time-reversal invariant s-wave superconductor supporting Majorana edge modes. The multi-band character of the model together with spin-orbit coupling are key to realizing such a topological superconductor. We characterize the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-30 Shusa Deng , Lorenza Viola , Gerardo Ortiz

Higher-order topological phases are gapped phases of matter that host gapless corner or hinge modes. For the case of superconductors, corner or hinge modes are gapless Majorana modes or Majorana zero modes. To construct 3d higher-order…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-13 Ryota Nakai , Kentaro Nomura

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

We provide an argument based on flux insertion to show that certain superconductors with a non-trivial topological invariant have protected zero modes in their vortex cores. This argument has the flavor of a two dimensional index theorem…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 Rahul Roy

We consider a new model system supporting Majorana zero modes based on semiconductor nanowires with a full superconducting shell. We demonstrate that, in the presence of spin-orbit coupling in the semiconductor induced by a radial electric…

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

We study topological superconductor in one-dimensional (1D) mosaic lattice whose on-site potentials are modulated for equally spaced sites. When the system is topologically nontrivial, Majorana zero modes appear at the two ends of the 1D…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-12-15 Qi-Bo Zeng , Rong Lü , Li You

The topological state of a two-dimensional triplet superconductor may be changed by an appropriate addition of magnetic impurities. A ferromagnetic magnetic chain at the surface of a superconductor with spin-orbit coupling may eliminate the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-11-13 P. D. Sacramento

Although the appearance of vortex-localized states with zero energy in first-order topological superconductors is well known, their possibility to form in the higher-order topological phase of 2D systems has not been completely uncovered…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-06 A. D. Fedoseev , A. O. Zlotnikov

We present a unified study of the effect of periodic, quasiperiodic and disordered potentials on topological phases that are characterized by Majorana end modes in 1D p-wave superconducting systems. We define a topological invariant derived…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-08-09 Wade DeGottardi , Diptiman Sen , Smitha Vishveshwara

We discuss the emergence of zero-energy Majorana modes in a disordered finite-length p-wave one-dimensional superconducting ring, pierced by a magnetic flux $\Phi$ tuned at an appropriate value $\Phi=\Phi_*$. In the absence of fermion…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-05-01 Andrea Nava , Rosa Giuliano , Gabriele Campagnano , Domenico Giuliano

We investigate the effect of introducing nearest-neighbor $p$-wave superconducting pairing to both the static and kicked extended Harper model with two periodic phase parameters acting as artificial dimensions to simulate three-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-24 Huaiqiang Wang , Mengnan Chen , Raditya Weda Bomantara , Jiangbin Gong , Dingyu Xing

We investigate the realization of a topological superconductor in a generic bucked honeycomb system equipped with four types of mass-generating terms, where the superconductor gap is introduced by attaching the honeycomb system to an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-02-26 Motohiko Ezawa

We present calculations of Majorana edge modes in cylindrical nanowires of a semiconductor material with proximity-induced superconductivity. We consider a Rashba field along the transverse direction and an applied magnetic field in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-20 Jong Soo Lim , Rosa López , Llorenç Serra

Dirac semimetals, with their protected Dirac points, present an ideal platform for realizing intrinsic topological superconductivity. In this work, we investigate superconductivity in a two-dimensional, square-lattice nonsymmorphic Dirac…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-03 Xiao-Jiao Wang , Yijie Mo , Zhi Wang , Zhigang Wu , Zhongbo Yan