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We find a series of topological phase transitions in a half-metal/superconductor heterostructure, by tuning the direction of the magnetization of the half-metal film. These include transitions between a topological superconducting phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-18 Lei Hao , C. S. Ting

In recent years, there were a number of experimental developments and discoveries of novel superconducting materials which exhibit multicomponent, many-body degrees of freedom. These superconductors, that are described by several…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-24 Julien Garaud

We show how the $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ topological index of a one-dimensional topological p-wave superconductor can be revealed when driving with a classical vector potential i.e. an electromagnetic wave, through the light-induced transition…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-13 Frederick Del Pozo , Karyn Le Hur

Topological insulators are characterized by insulating bulk and conducting surface, the latter is a necessity consequence of the nontrivial topology of the wavefunctions forming the valence band. This chapter gives a historical overview of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-27 Yoichi Ando

The topological nodal-line semimetal state, serving as a fertile ground for various topological quantum phases, where a topological insulator, Dirac semimetal, or Weyl semimetal can be realized when the certain protecting symmetry is…

Topological materials discovery has evolved at a rapid pace over the past 15 years following the identification of the first nonmagnetic topological insulators (TIs), topological crystalline insulators (TCIs), and 3D topological semimetals…

Topological superconductivity has been sought for in a variety of heterostructure systems, the interest being that a material displaying such a phenomenon could prove to be the ideal platform to support Majorana fermions, which in turn…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-22 N. Zaki , G. Gu , A. M. Tsvelik , C. Wu , P. D. Johnson

This article is a review o over theory of superconductivity, which is constructed for systems with two overlapping energy bands at the Fermi surface and with arbitrary charge carrier density.There is taken into account all possible kinds of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. E. Palistrant

Recent reports of superconductivity in the vicinity of room temperature have been the subject of discussion by the community. Specifically, features in the resistance-temperature (R-T) relations have raised questions. We show that many of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-04-02 Alexander C. Mark , Russell J. Hemley

In this paper, a brief review of the history of topological insulators is given. After that,electronic transport experiments in topological insulator-superconductor hybrid structures, including experimental methods, physical properties and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-19 YongXi Ou , Meenakshi Singh , Jian Wang

Topological Insulators are the best thermoelectric materials involving a sophisticated physics beyond their solid state and electronic structure. We show that exists a topological contribution to the thermoelectric effect that arise between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Daniel Baldomir , Daniel Faílde

Weyl semimetals are phases of matter with gapless electronic excitations that are protected by topology and symmetry. Their properties depend on the dimensions of the systems. It has been theoretically demonstrated that five-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-20 Xingen Zheng , Tian Chen , Weixuan Zhang , Houjun Sun , Xiangdong Zhang

Topological insulators constitute one of the most intriguing phenomena in modern condensed matter theory. The unique and exotic properties of topological states of matter allow for unidirectional gapless electron transport and extremely…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-19 Haedong Park , Wenlong Gao , Xiao Zhang , Sang Soon Oh

Strongly interacting fermions represent the key constituent of several intriguing phases of matter. However, due to the inherent complexity of these systems, important regimes are still inaccessible. Here, we derive a realistic and flexible…

Thus far, a detection of the Dirac or Weyl fermions in topological semimetals remains often elusive, since in these materials conventional charge carriers exist as well. Here, measuring a field-induced length change of the prototype Weyl…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 T. Cichorek , L. Bochenek , J. Juraszek , Yu. V. Sharlai , G. P. Mikitik

Flat band materials such as the kagome metals or moir\'e superlattice systems are of intense current interest. Flat bands can result from the electron motion on numerous (special) lattices and usually exhibit topological properties. Their…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-28 Joseph G. Checkelsky , B. Andrei Bernevig , Piers Coleman , Qimiao Si , Silke Paschen

The mathematical field of topology has become a framework to describe the low-energy electronic structure of crystalline solids. A typical feature of a bulk insulating three-dimensional topological crystal are conducting two-dimensional…

A new organic superconductor, possibly with formula $K_3$ p-terphenyl, has been discovered by Wang, Gao, Huang and Chen, reaching a very high $T_c$ of about 120~K. Besides a clear diamagnetic signal, most other details such as stoichiometry…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-16 Michele Fabrizio , Tao Qin , S. Shahab Naghavi , Erio Tosatti

Topological insulators are new states of quantum matter which can not be adiabatically connected to conventional insulators and semiconductors. They are characterized by a full insulating gap in the bulk and gapless edge or surface states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Dirac and Weyl nodal materials can host low-energy relativistic quasiparticles. Under strong magnetic fields, the topological properties of Dirac/Weyl materials can directly manifest through quantum Hall states. However, most Dirac/Weyl…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Gang Qiu , Chang Niu , Yixiu Wang , Mengwei Si , Zhuocheng Zhang , Wenzhuo Wu , Peide D. Ye