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Hybrid semiconductor-ferromagnetic insulator heterostructures are interesting due to their tunable electronic transport, self-sustained stray field and local proximitized magnetic exchange. In this work, we present lattice matched hybrid…

Vortices in topological superconductors are predicted to host Majorana bound states (MBSs) as exotic quasiparticles. In recent experiments, the spatially non-split zero-energy vortex bound state in topological superconductors has been…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-06-12 Howon Kim , Yuki Nagai , Levente Rózsa , Dominik Schreyer , Roland Wiesendanger

Zero-energy flat bands within the superconducting gap can give rise to competing ordered phases. We investigate such phases in topological superconductors based on the magnetic adatom platform hosting a flat band of Majorana edge states.…

In this work, we show that an in-plane magnetic field can drive a fully gapped $p \pm i p$ topological superconductor into a gapless phase which supports symmetry protected Majorana edge states (MESs). Specifically, an in-plane magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-05 Chris L. M. Wong , Jie Liu , K. T. Law , Patrick A. Lee

We present a detailed investigation of the topological phases and Majorana fermion (MF) excitations that arise from the bulk interplay between (un)conventional one/two-band spin-singlet superconductivity and a number of magnetic texture…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-28 Daniel Steffensen , Morten H. Christensen , Brian M. Andersen , Panagiotis Kotetes

We study the quasiparticle spectrum of 2D topological $s$-wave superconductors with the Zeeman magnetic field and the Rashba spin-orbit coupling in the presence of spatial inhomogeneity. Solving the real-space Bogoliubov-de Gennes…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-22 Yuki Nagai , Yukihiro Ota , Masahiko Machida

Topological superconductivity is predicted to emerge in certain magnet-superconductor hybrid systems. Here, we revisit the heterostructure of insulating monolayer CrBr$_3$ and NbSe$_2$, for which different conclusions on the presence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-30 Jan P. Cuperus , Daniel Vanmaekelbergh , Ingmar Swart

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…

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

We introduce the concept of a Majorana molecule, a topological bound state appearing in the geometry of a double quantum dot (QD) structure flanking a topological superconducting nanowire. We demonstrate that, if the Majorana bound states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 J. E. Sanches , L. S. Ricco , W. N. Mizobata , Y. Marques , M. de Souza , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental system consists of one-dimensional semiconductor wire with strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-08-16 Roman M. Lutchyn , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

The search for a superconductor with non-s-wave pairing is important not only for understanding unconventional mechanisms of superconductivity but also for finding new types of quasiparticles such as Majorana bound states. Materials with…

We classify discrete-rotation symmetric topological crystalline superconductors (TCS) in two dimensions and provide the criteria for a zero energy Majorana bound state (MBS) to be present at composite defects made from magnetic flux,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-02-23 Wladimir A. Benalcazar , Jeffrey C. Y. Teo , Taylor L. Hughes

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

Recent experiments on Bernal bilayer graphene (BLG) deposited on monolayer WSe$_2$ revealed robust, ultra-clean superconductivity coexisting with sizable induced spin-orbit coupling. Here we propose BLG/WSe$_2$ as a platform to engineer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Ying-Ming Xie , Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise , Andrea F. Young , Stevan Nadj-Perge , Jason Alicea

We study by means of the recursive Green's function technique the local density-of-states of (finite and semi-infinite) multi-band spin-orbit coupled semiconducting nanowires in proximity to an s-wave superconductor and attached to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Marco Gibertini , Fabio Taddei , Marco Polini , Rosario Fazio

We demonstrate that partially overlapping Majorana bound states (MBSs) represent a generic low-energy feature that emerges in non-homogeneous semiconductor nanowires coupled to superconductors in the presence of a Zeeman field. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-09 Christopher Moore , Tudor D. Stanescu , Sumanta Tewari

Spin chains proximitized with superconducting condensates have emerged as one of the most promising platforms for the realization of Majorana modes. Here, we craft diluted spin chains atom-by-atom following seminal theoretical proposal…

Superconductivity is found in 50% K-doped EuFe2As2 sample below 33 K. Our results of electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and 57Fe and 151Eu Mossbauer spectroscopy provide clear evidence that the ordering of the Fe moments…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-06-26 Anupam , P. L. Paulose , H. S. Jeevan , C. Geibel , Z. Hossain

Among the potential applications of topological insulators, we investigate theoretically the effect of coexistence of proximity-induced ferromagnetism and superconductivity on the surface states of 3-dimensional topological insulator, where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 Hadi Goudarzi , Maryam Khezerlou , Samin Asgarifar