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In this paper we find that confining a second-order topological superconductor with a harmonic potential leads to a proliferation of Majorana corner modes. As a consequence, this results in the formation of Majorana corner flat bands which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-05 Majid Kheirkhah , Yuki Nagai , Chun Chen , Frank Marsiglio

Topological superconductors are a class of unconventional superconducting materials featuring sub-gap zero-energy Majorana bound modes that hold promise as a building block for topological quantum computing. In this work, we study the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-30 Zi-Ming Wang , Meng Zeng , Chen Lu , Da-Shuai Ma , Rui-Xing Zhang , Lun-Hui Hu , Dong-Hui Xu

We analyze the formation of Majorana zero-modes at the edge of a two-dimensional topological superconductor. In particular, we study a time-reversal-invariant triplet phase that is likely to exist in doped Bi$_2$Se$_3$. Upon the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-23 Vo Tien Phong , Niels R. Walet , Francisco Guinea

We theoretically study the effect of orbital-dependent exchange field in the formation of second order topological superconductors. We demonstrate that changing the orbital difference can induce topological transition and the Majorana…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-01-11 Bo Lu , Yiying Zhang

Majorana corner modes appearing in two-dimensional second-order topological superconductors have great potential applications for fault-tolerant topological quantum computations. We demonstrate that in the presence of an in-plane magentic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-04-07 S. Ikegaya , W. B. Rui , D. Manske , Andreas P. Schnyder

Recently, superconductors with higher-order topology have stimulated extensive attention and research interest. Higher-order topological superconductors exhibit unconventional bulk-boundary correspondence, thus allow exotic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Xiao-Ting Chen , Chun-Hui Liu , Dong-Hui Xu , Chui-Zhen Chen

Conventional $n$-dimensional topological superconductors (TSCs) have protected gapless $(n - 1)$-dimensional boundary states. In contrast to this, second-order TSCs are characterized by topologically protected gapless $(n - 2)$-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-17 Tao Liu , James Jun He , Franco Nori

Time-reversal breaking topological superconductors are new states of matter which can support Majorana zero modes at the edge. In this paper, we propose a new realization of one-dimensional topological superconductivity and Majorana zero…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-24 Gang Xu , Jing Wang , Binghai Yan , Xiao-Liang Qi

We study theoretically second-order topological superconductors characterized by the presence of pairs of zero-energy Majorana corner states. We uncover a quadrupole spin polarization at the system edges that provides a striking signature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Kirill Plekhanov , Niclas Müller , Yanick Volpez , Dante M. Kennes , Herbert Schoeller , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

Just like insulators can host topological Dirac states at their edges, superconductors can also exhibit topological phases characterized by Majorana edge states. Remarkable zero-energy states have been recently observed at the two ends of…

Higher-order topological superconductors host Majorana zero modes localized at corners or hinges, providing a promising route toward scalable and controllable Majorana networks without vortices or magnetic flux. Here we propose a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-06 Yongting Shi , Qing Wang , Zhen-Guo Fu , Ping Zhang , Ning Hao

Two-dimensional second-order topological superconductors (SOTSCs) have gapped bulk and edge states, with zero-energy Majorana bound states localized at corners. Motivated by recent advances in Majorana nanowire experiments, we propose to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 S. Franca , D. V. Efremov , I. C. Fulga

The realization and manipulation of Majorana zero modes is a key step in achieving topological quantum computation. In this paper, we demonstrate the existence of Majorana corner states in a superconductor-insulators-superconductor vertical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-17 Cheng-Ming Miao , Yu-Hao Wan , Ying-Tao Zhang , Qing-Feng Sun

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

Majorana zero modes in condensed matter systems have been the subject of much interest in recent years. Their non-Abelian exchange statistics, making them a unique state of matter, and their potential applications in topological quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Omri Lesser , Yuval Oreg

Two-dimensional second-order topological superconductors host zero-dimensional Majorana bound states at their boundaries. In this work, focusing on rotation-invariant crystalline topological superconductors, we establish a bulk-boundary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Elis Roberts , Jan Behrends , Benjamin Béri

Proximity-induced superconductivity in low-dimensional systems offers a powerful pathway to engineer topological superconducting phases in, otherwise, non-superconducting systems. These exotic phases are of fundamental and technological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 M. García Olmos , Y. Baba , R. A. Molina , M. Amado

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

Second order topological insulator can be engineered from two-dimensional materials with strong spin-orbit coupling and in-plane Zeeman field. In proximity to superconductor, topological superconducting phase could be induced in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-01-11 Ma Luo

We investigate the topological phase diagram of {an extension of the Haldane model with equal spin pairing superconductivity}. In two dimensions, we find a topological nodal superconducting phase, which exhibits a chiral Majorana mode…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Simone Traverso , Niccolò Traverso Ziani , Maura Sassetti , Fernando Dominguez
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