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The chiral $p$-wave superconductor/superfluid in two dimensions (2D) is the simplest and most robust system for topological quantum computation . Candidates for such topological superconductors/superfluids in nature are very rare. A widely…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Xi Luo , Yu-Ge Chen , Ziqiang Wang , Yue Yu

In this work, we consider a 3D cubic optical lattice composed of coupled 1D wires with 1D spin-orbit coupling. When the s-wave pairing is induced through Feshbach resonance, the system becomes a topological superfluid with ring nodes, which…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-04-25 Wen-Yu He , Dong-Hui Xu , Benjamin T. Zhou , Qi Zhou , K. T. Law

Dirac semimetals (DSMs) are an important class of topological states of matter. Here, focusing on DSMs of band inversion type, we investigate their boundary modes from the effective model perspective. We show that in order to properly…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-18 Xu-Tao Zeng , Ziyu Chen , Cong Chen , Bin-Bin Liu , Xian-Lei Sheng , Shengyuan A. Yang

We discuss the robustness of Majorana edge modes in a finite quantum nanowire of cylindrical shape. The nanowire is modeled as a bidimensional cylindrical shell of semiconductor material with proximity-induced superconductivity and an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-21 Javier Osca , Rosa López , Llorenç Serra

Recent $\mu$SR measurements on SrPtAs revealed time-reversal-symmetry breaking with the onset of superconductivity [Biswas et al., Phys. Rev. B 87, 180503(R) (2013)], suggesting an unconventional superconducting state. We investigate this…

Chiral Majorana-fermion modes are shown to emerge as edge excitations in a superconductor--topological-insulator hybrid structure that is subject to a magnetic field. The velocity of this mode is tunable by changing the magnetic-field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-19 Rakesh P. Tiwari , U. Zülicke , C. Bruder

We employed the self-consistent method on a two-orbital type-II time-reversal-symmetric Weyl semimetal, revealing a hybrid pairing of singlet $s$-wave and triplet $p$-wave. We present a detailed analysis of the normal-state electronic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-02 Junkang Huang , Z. D. Wang , Tao Zhou

Dirac cones (DCs) play a pivotal role in various unique phenomena ranging from massless electrons in graphene to robust surface states in topological insulators (TIs). Recent studies have theoretically revealed a full Dirac hierarchy…

Topological superconductors present an ideal platform for exploring nontrivial superconductivity and realizing Majorana boundary modes in materials. However, finding a single-phase topological material with nontrivial superconducting states…

We study three dimensional systems where the parent metallic state contains a loop of Weyl or Dirac points. We introduce the minimal $\vec{k} \cdot \vec{p}$ Hamiltonian , and discuss its symmetries. Guided by this symmetry analysis, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-01-27 Rahul Nandkishore

We theoretically study superconducting proximity effect between a topological insulator (TI) and a high-temperature d-wave superconductor (dSC). When the TI-dSC heterostructure violates 90 degree-rotation and certain reflection symmetries,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-30 Zi-Xiang Li , Cheung Chan , Hong Yao

We consider the effect of spin-orbit coupling on a two-dimensional Kondo Lattice model, in which conduction electrons are antiferromagnetically coupled to a Yao-Lee spin liquid. When a Rashba spin-orbit interaction and a nearest-neighbor…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-07 Zekun Zhuang , Piers Coleman

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…

We study the intrinsic fully-gapped odd-parity superconducting order in doped nodal-loop materials with a torus-shaped Fermi surface. We show that the mirror symmetry, which protects the nodal loop in the normal state, also protects the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-21 Hassan Shapourian , Yuxuan Wang , Shinsei Ryu

Large Hubbard U limit of the Kane-Mele model on a zigzag ribbon of honeycomb lattice near half-filling is studied via a renormalized mean-field theory. The ground state exhibits time-reversal symmetry (TRS) breaking d + i d'-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-09 Shih-Jye Sun , Chung-Hou Chung , Yung-Yeh Chang , Wei-Feng Tsai , Fu-Chun Zhang

We study the topology and symmetry of surface Majorana arcs in superconductors with nonunitary "cyclic" pairing. Cyclic $p$-wave pairing may be realized in a cubic or tetrahedral crystal, while it is a candidate for the interior $^3P_2$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-12 Takeshi Mizushima , Muneto Nitta

Superconducting proximity effects in graphene have received a great deal of attention for over a decade now. This has unveiled a plethora of exotic effects linked to the specificities of graphene's electronic properties. The vast majority…

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Correlated ad-atom systems on the Si(111) surface have recently attracted an increased attention as strongly correlated systems with a rich phase diagram. We study these materials by a single band model on the triangular lattice including…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-04-25 Xiaodong Cao , Thomas Ayral , Zhicheng Zhong , Olivier Parcollet , Dirk Manske , Philipp Hansmann

We predict conductance oscillations in a quantum-anomalous Hall 2d strip having a superconducting region of length $L_x$ with a chiral Majorana mode. These oscillations require a finite transverse extension of the strip $L_y$ of a few…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-03 Javier Osca , Llorenç Serra

Identifying realistic platforms capable of controlled operations with Majorana bound states is a key challenge in the study of topological superconductivity. Among the most promising proposals are magnet-superconductor hybrid devices, which…

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