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A spin-U(1)-symmetry protected momentum-dependent integer-$Z$-valued topological invariant is proposed to time-reversal-invariant (TRI) superconductivity (SC) whose nonzero value will lead to exactly flat surface band(s). The theory is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-20 Cheng-Cheng Liu , Chen Lu , Li-Da Zhang , Xianxin Wu , Chen Fang , Fan Yang

Many proposals to generate a time-reversal invariant topological superconducting phase are based on imposing a $\pi$ phase difference between the superconducting leads proximitizing a nanostructure. We show that this phase can be induced on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-05-01 Oscar E. Casas , Liliana Arrachea , William J. Herrera , Alfredo Levy Yeyati

A topological superconductor features at its boundaries and vortices Majorana fermions, which are potentially applicable for topological quantum computations. The scarcity of the known experimentally verified physical systems with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-18 Minseong Lee , Hyun-Jae Lee , Jun Hee Lee , Suk Bum Chung

As a new type of quantum matter, Dirac node line (DNL) semimetals are currently attracting widespread interest in condensed matter physics and material science. The DNL featured by a closed line consisting of linear band crossings in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-12-21 Bo Yang , Xiaoming Zhang , Mingwen Zhao

The established diversity of electronic topology classes lends the opportunity to pair them into dual topological complexes. Bulk-surface correspondence then ensures the coexistence of a combination of boundary states that cannot be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-12 Nurit Avraham , Andrew Norris , Yan Sun , Yanpeng Qi , Lin Pan , Anna Isaeva , Alexander Zeugner , Claudia Felser , Binghai Yan , Haim Beidenkopf

We investigate the superconductivity of a three-dimensional d-p model with a multilayer perovskite structure on the basis of the second-order perturabation theory within the weak coupling framework. Our model has been designed with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Shigeru Koikegami , Takashi Yanagisawa

We study the band topology and the associated linking structure of topological semimetals with nodal lines carrying $Z_{2}$ monopole charges, which can be realized in three-dimensional systems invariant under the combination of inversion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-24 Junyeong Ahn , Dongwook Kim , Youngkuk Kim , Bohm-Jung Yang

We have performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on Tl0.5Bi2Te3, a possible topological superconductor derived from Bi2Te3. We found that the bulk Fermi surface consists of multiple three-dimensional hole pockets surrounding the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-28 C. X. Trang , Z. Wang , D. Takane , K. Nakayama , S. Souma , T. Sato , T. Takahashi , A. A. Taskin , Yoichi Ando

We derive a Kondo Lattice model with a correlated conduction band from a two-band Hubbard Hamiltonian. This mapping allows us to describe the emergence of a robust pairing mechanism in a model that only contains repulsive interactions. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 K. A. Al-Hassanieh , C. D. Batista , P. Sengupta , A. E. Feiguin

Recently, some $Z_2$ monopole charges were defined for Dirac semimetals with $\mathcal{GT}$ symmetry ($\mathcal{G}$: glide, $\mathcal{T}$: time-reversal) in previous works, and the charges are believed to lead to double-helicoid surface…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-17 Taiki Yukitake , Daisuke Hara , Shuichi Murakami

We explore higher order topological superconductivity in an artificial Dirac material with intrinsic spin-orbit coupling, which is a doped $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological insulator in the normal state. A mechanism for superconductivity due to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-06-01 Harley D. Scammell , Julian Ingham , Max Geier , Tommy Li

Topological superconductors are essential elements of the periodic table of topological quantum matter. However, the relevant odd-parity spin-triplet superconductors are rare. We report high-resolution measurements of the complex electrical…

Double Dirac fermions have recently been identified as possible quasiparticles hosted by three-dimensional crystals with particular non-symmorphic point group symmetries. Applying a combined approach of ab-initio methods and dynamical mean…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-20 Domenico Di Sante , Andreas Hausoel , Paolo Barone , Jan M. Tomczak , Giorgio Sangiovanni , Ronny Thomale

Topological superconductors are gapped superconductors with protected Majorana surface/edge states on the boundary. In this paper, we study the Josephson coupling between time-reversal invariant topological superconductors and s-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-01-17 Suk Bum Chung , Joshua Horowitz , Xiao-Liang Qi

In an ideal bulk topological-insulator (TI) conducting surface states protected by time reversal symmetry enfold an insulating crystal. However, the archetypical TI, Bi2Se3, is actually never insulating; it is in fact a relatively good…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-07 E. Lahoud , E. Maniv , M. Petrushevsky , M. Naamneh , A. Ribak , S. Wiedmann , L. Petaccia , K. B. Chashka , Y. Dagan , A. Kanigel

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

Crystalline symmetry and time-reversal symmetry are commonly present in real superconducting materials. However, the topological classification of systems respecting these symmetries, particularly for interacting fermions, remains…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-25 Yi-Ming Liu , Wei-Qiang Chen , Zheng-Cheng Gu

The nodal $d_{x^2-y^2}$ superconducting gap is a hallmark of the cuprate high T$_c$ superconductors. Surprisingly recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of deeply underdoped cuprates revealed a nodeless energy gap which is adhered…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 Yuan-Ming Lu , Tao Xiang , Dung-Hai Lee

We consider the interplay of disorder and interactions upon the gapless surface states of 3D topological superconductors. The combination of topology and superconducting order inverts the action of time-reversal symmetry, so that extrinsic…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2014-05-07 Matthew S. Foster , Hong-Yi Xie , Yang-Zhi Chou

Recent attempts at topological materials have revealed a large class of materials that show gapless surface states protected by time-reversal symmetry and crystal symmetries. Among them, topological insulating states protected by crystal…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-03-20 J. Howard , A. Rodriguez , N. Haldolaarachchige , K. Hettiarachchilage