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Quantum spin Hall insulators with a pair of helical edge states and proximity-induced superconductivity have been shown to support second-order topological superconductors with Majorana corner modes. As the Majorana corner modes are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-10 Zhiwei Yin , Haoshu Li , Zhongbo Yan , Shaolong Wan

Helical superconductors form a two dimensional, time-reversal invariant topological phase characterized by a Kramers pair of Majorana edge modes (helical Majorana modes). Existing detection schemes to identify this phase rely either on spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-05-17 B. Béri

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 propose and characterize a new class of Majorana boundary states, i.e., floating Majorana edge bands (FMEBs), which emerge in two-dimensional (2D) superconductors that break time-reversal symmetry yet host helical-like transport. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Yanmiao Han , Yu-Hao Wan , Zhaoqin Cao , Rundong Zhao , Qing-Feng Sun

Electronic systems harboring one dimensional helical modes, where the spin and momentum of the electron are locked, have lately become an important field of its own. When coupled to a conventional superconductor, such systems are expected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-08 Yuval Ronen , Yonatan Cohen , Daniel Banitt , Moty Heiblum , Vladimir Umansky

Superconducting proximity pairing in helical edge modes, such as those of topological insulators (TI), is predicted to provide a unique platform for realizing Majorana zero modes (MZMs). We use scanning tunneling microscopy measurements to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Berthold Jäck , Yonglong Xie , Jian Li , Sangjun Jeon , B. Andrei Bernevig , Ali Yazdani

High spin-Chern-number topological phases provide a promising low-dimensional platform for realizing double-helical edge states. In this letter, we show how these edge states can host a variety of phases driven by electron interaction…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-23 Yi-Chun Hung , Chen-Hsuan Hsu , Arun Bansil

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

We investigate helical edge states (HES) emerging at the composite domain wall of spin and pseudo-spin degrees of freedom in a 2-D bulk governed by the Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang Hamiltonian which underwent quantum spin Hall to anomalous Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-22 Subhadeep Chakraborty , Vivekananda Adak , Sourin Das

As a hallmark of the quantum Hall effect, chiral edge modes (CEMs) counterpropagate along the two parallel edges of a ribbon structure. However, recent studies demonstrate counterintuitive antiCEMs that copropagate along the parallel edges.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Tianzhi Xia , Qicheng Zhang , Chunyin Qiu

We demonstrate that the one-dimensional helical Majorana edges of two-dimensional time-reversal symmetric topological superconductors (class DIII) can become gapless and insulating by a combination of random edge velocity and interaction.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-02-10 Yang-Zhi Chou , Rahul M. Nandkishore

We introduce two-dimensional topological insulators in proximity to high-temperature cuprate or iron-based superconductors as high-temperature platforms of Majorana Kramers pairs of zero modes. The proximity-induced pairing at the helical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-03 Zhongbo Yan , Fei Song , Zhong Wang

In this paper, we present an exactly solvable model for two dimensional topological superconductor with helical Majorana edge modes protected by time reversal symmetry. Our construction is based on the idea of decorated domain walls and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-09-05 Zitao Wang , Shang-Qiang Ning , Xie Chen

In the heterostructure composed of a topological insulator sandwiched by two s-wave superconductors, the time reversal invariant topological superconducting phase, possessing helical Majorana edge modes, is found to exist when the two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-21 Chao-Xing Liu , Bjoern Trauzettel

Helical edge states in topological insulators give counterpropagating spin current on the two parallel edges. We here propose anti-helical edge states of magnons in patterned antiferromagnetic thin films, which host copropagating spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Yun-Mei Li

We study the edge states for a quantum anomalous Hall system (QAHS) coupled with a spin-singlet s-wave superconductor through the proximity effect, and clarify the topological nature of them. When we consider a superconducting pair…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-05-10 Akihiro Ii , Keiji Yada , Masatoshi Sato , Yukio Tanaka

With the recent discovery of the quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI), which exhibits the conductive quantum Hall edge states without external magnetic field, it becomes possible to create a novel topological superconductor (SC) by…

Higher-order topological superconductors and superfluids host lower-dimensional Majorana corner and hinge states since novel topology exhibitions on boundaries. While such topological nontrivial phases have been explored extensively, more…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-27 Ya-Jie Wu , Wei Tu , Ning Li

After the recognition of the possibility to implement Majorana fermions using the building blocks of solid-state matters, the detection of this peculiar particle has been an intense focus of research. Here we experimentally demonstrate a…

We study the spin and charge currents flowing at the interface of an itinerant ferromagnet with a topological spin-triplet superconductor having different number of time-reversal-invariant Majorana helical modes. Depending on the number of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-03-30 Damien Terrade , Dirk Manske , Mario Cuoco
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