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We propose a simple model consisting of a magnetic domain wall proximity-coupled to an $s$-wave superconductor for realization of Majorana zero-energy modes. A spin-dependent gauge transformation translates the rotating magnetic profile…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-03-24 Babak Zare Rameshti , Yaser Hajati , Imam Makhfudz

Magnet-superconductor hybrid heterostructures constitute a promising candidate system for the quantum engineering of chiral topological superconductivity. Here, we investigate the stability of their topological phases in the presence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-12-11 Eric Mascot , Chaitra Agrahar , Stephan Rachel , Dirk K. Morr

Nontrivial band topology along with magnetism leads to different novel quantum phases. When time-reversal-symmetry is broken in three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) by applying high enough magnetic field or proximity effect,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-11 Nezhat Pournaghavi , Banasree Sadhukhan , Anna Delin

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

We show that interacting electrons in a flat Chern band can form, in addition to fractional Chern insulators, a chiral $f$-wave topological superconductor that hosts neutral Majorana fermion edge modes. Superconductivity emerges from an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-23 Daniele Guerci , Ahmed Abouelkomsan , Liang Fu

We show that interlayer current induces topological superconductivity in twisted bilayers of nodal superconductors. A bulk gap opens and achieves its maximum near a ``magic'' twist angle $\theta_\mathrm{MA}$. Chiral edge modes lead to a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-17 Pavel A. Volkov , Justin H. Wilson , Kevin Lucht , J. H. Pixley

Altermagnet-superconductor heterostructures have been shown, in principle, to provide a route towards realising topological superconductivity, and therefore host topologically protected boundary states. In this work we demonstrate that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-12 George McArdle , Brian Kiraly , Peter Wadley , Adam Gammon-Smith

Chiral superconductors are unconventional superconducting states that break time reversal symmetry spontaneously and typically feature Cooper pairing at non-zero angular momentum. Such states may host Majorana fermions and provide an…

The possibility of inducing topological superconductivity with cuprate high-temperature superconductors (HTSC) is studied for various heterostructures. We first consider a ballistic planar junction between a HTSC and a metallic ferromagnet.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-05 So Takei , Benjamin M. Fregoso , Victor Galitski , S. Das Sarma

Interplay between superconductivity, spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field can lead to realisation of the topologically non--trivial states which in finite one dimensional nanowires are manifested by emergence of a pair of zero-energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-11 Aksel Kobiałka , Tadeusz Domański , Andrzej Ptok

The search for chiral topological superconductivity in magnetic topological insulator (TI)-FeTe heterostructures is a key frontier in condensed matter physics, with potential applications in topological quantum computing. The combination of…

Topological insulators are a newly discovered phase of matter characterized by a gapped bulk surrounded by novel conducting boundary states. Since their theoretical discovery, these materials have encouraged intense efforts to study their…

A series of recent experiments have demonstrated robust superconductivity in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (TTG). In particular, a recent work by Cao et al. (arxiv:2103.12083) studies the behavior of the superconductor in an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-11-17 Ethan Lake , T. Senthil

Three-dimensional topological insulators have protected Dirac-cone surface states. In this paper we propose magnetic field induced topological insulator thin film ordered states in which coherence is established spontaneously between top…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Dagim Tilahun , Byounghak Lee , E. M. Hankiewicz , A. H. MacDonald

Engineering chiral $p$-wave superconductivity in semiconductor structures offers fascinating ways to obtain and study Majorana modes in a condensed matter context. Here, we theoretically investigate chiral $p$-wave superconductivity in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-15 Benedikt Scharf , Igor Žutić

After exploring much on two-dimensional higher-order topological superconductors (HOTSCs) hosting Majorana corner modes (MCMs) only, we propose a simple fermionic model based on a three-dimensional topological insulator proximized with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-13 Arnob Kumar Ghosh , Tanay Nag , Arijit Saha

We propose a platform based on a fully compensated ferrimagnet (fFIM) for realizing and controlling topological superconductivity with Majorana bound states across multiple dimensions. Through symmetry analysis and microscopic modeling, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-29 Yu-Xuan Li , Yicheng Liu , Cheng-Cheng Liu

Hybridizing superconductivity with the quantum Hall (QH) effects has major potential for designing novel circuits capable of inducing and manipulating non-Abelian states for topological quantum computation. However, despite recent…

Superconductivity and the quantum Hall effect are considered to be two cornerstones of condensed matter physics. The realization of hybrid structures where these two effects coexist has recently become an active field of research. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Lucila Peralta Gavensky , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro

Chiral topological semimetals host multifold degenerate band crossing points under the protection of crystalline symmetries. In this paper, we suggest that the recently discovered chiral topological semimetals in space group 198, parts of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Yingyi Huang , Shao-Kai Jian
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