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Topological superconducting phases with time-reversal (TR) symmetry have been widely explored in recent years. However the involved unconventional pairings are generally implausible in realistic materials. Here we demonstrate via detailed…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-11-06 Beibing Huang , Pak Hong Chui , Jia Liu , Chuanwei Zhang , Ming Gong

A spin-U(1)-symmetry protected momentum-dependent integer-$Z$-valued topological invariant is proposed to time-reversal-invariant (TRI) superconductivity (SC) whose nonzero value will lead to exactly flat surface band(s). The theory is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-20 Cheng-Cheng Liu , Chen Lu , Li-Da Zhang , Xianxin Wu , Chen Fang , Fan Yang

We show that time-reversal invariant superconductors in d=2 (d=3) dimensions can support topologically stable Fermi points (lines), characterized by an integer topological charge. Combining this with the momentum space symmetries present,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-04-22 B. Béri

We discuss the weak-coupling BCS theory of the heavy fermion superconductor UPt_3, accounting for that system's anisotropic, multisheeted Fermi surface by expanding the order parameter and pair potential in terms of appropriate basis…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Haran , P. J. Hirschfeld , M. Sigrist

Higher-order topological superfluids have gapped bulk and symmetry-protected Majorana zero modes with various localizations. Motivated by recent advances, we present a proposal for synthesizing multi-order topological superfluids that…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-07-09 Yu-Biao Wu , Guang-Can Guo , Zhen Zheng , Xu-Bo Zou

The modern understanding of topological insulators is based on Wannier obstructions in position space. Motivated by this insight, we study topological superconductors from a position-space perspective. For a one-dimensional superconductor,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-02 Frank Schindler , Barry Bradlyn , Mark H. Fischer , Titus Neupert

Whereas identification of Cooper pair symmetry is the first and crucial step in the investigation of unconventional superconductors, only a few have been established so far because of its own difficulties. To solve this problem, we develop…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-06-09 Shingo Kobayashi , Yuki Yamazaki , Ai Yamakage , Masatoshi Sato

Topological superconductivity is an exotic phase of matter in which the fully gapped superconducting bulk hosts gapless Majorana surface states protected by topology. Intercalation of copper, strontium or niobium between the quintuple…

Intrinsic topological superconductors have protected gapless Majorana modes, bound and/or propagating, at the natural boundaries of the sample, without requiring field, defect, or heterostructure. We establish the complete…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-23 Zhongyi Zhang , Jie Ren , Yang Qi , Chen Fang

We study the intrinsic fully-gapped odd-parity superconducting order in doped nodal-loop materials with a torus-shaped Fermi surface. We show that the mirror symmetry, which protects the nodal loop in the normal state, also protects the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-21 Hassan Shapourian , Yuxuan Wang , Shinsei Ryu

We further investigate a class of time-reversal-invariant two-band s-wave topological superconductors introduced in Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 036803 (2012). We show how, in the presence of time-reversal symmetry, Z_2 invariants that distinguish…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-15 Shusa Deng , Gerardo Ortiz , Lorenza Viola

The space-group approach to the wavefunction of a Cooper pair is extended to Shubnikov groups of type III and applied to newly discovered nearly ferromagnetic superconductor UTe2. A nonunitary triplet SOP (superconducting order parameter),…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-23 V. G. Yarzhemsky , E. A. Teplyakov

We present data on the modulation of the critical current with applied magnetic field in UPt_3-Cu-Pb Josephson junctions and SQUIDs. The junctions were fabricated on polished surfaces of UPt_3 single crystals. The shape of the resulting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-02 J. D. Strand , D. J. Van Harlingen , J. B. Kycia , W. P. Halperin

For strongly anisotropic time-reversal invariant (TRI) insulators in two and three dimensions, the band inversion can occur respectively at all TRI momenta of a high symmetry axis and plane. Although these classes of materials are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-03 Bo-Xuan Li , Zhongbo Yan

Multi-band superconductivity in topological semimetals are the paradigms of unconventional superconductors. Their exotic gap structures and topological properties have fascinated searching for material realizations and applications. In this…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-05 GiBaik Sim , Moon Jip Park , SungBin Lee

Recent years saw the complete classification of topological band structures, revealing an abundance of topological crystalline insulators. Here we theoretically demonstrate the existence of topological materials beyond this framework,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-13 Daniel Varjas , Alexander Lau , Kim Pöyhönen , Anton R. Akhmerov , Dmitry I. Pikulin , Ion Cosma Fulga

CuxBi2Se3 was recently found to be likely the first example of a time-reversal-invariant topological superconductor accompanied by helical Majorana fermions on the surface. Here we present that progressive Cu intercalation into this system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-11-21 M. Kriener , Kouji Segawa , Satoshi Sasaki , Yoichi Ando

Two-dimensional topological superconductivity has attracted great interest due to the emergence of Majorana modes bound to vortices and propagating along edges. However, due to its rare appearance in natural compounds, experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-19 J. L. Lado , M. Sigrist

Topological superconductors are exotic gapped phases of matter hosting Majorana mid-gap states on their boundary. In conventional topological superconductors, Majorana in-gap states appear in the form of either localized zero-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-10 Junyeong Ahn , Bohm-Jung Yang

Strongly correlated systems exhibit a rich phenomenology due to the antagonism of a diversity of ordered phases. The aftermath of this interplay can lead to a coexistence which takes place at a microscopic level, or, a phase separation in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-10-15 Maria Teresa Mercaldo , Panagiotis Kotetes , Mario Cuoco