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We show that periodic lattice of Abrikosov vortices in chiral $p$ wave superconductor in general supports fermionic states with zero energy provided the intervortex distance is smaller than the critical one. The zero modes appear at the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-09-16 M. A. Silaev

There exists a variety of proposals to transform a conventional s-wave superconductor into a topological superconductor, supporting Majorana fermion mid-gap states. A necessary ingredient of these proposals is strong spin-orbit coupling.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-10 T. -P. Choy , J. M. Edge , A. R. Akhmerov , C. W. J. Beenakker

In contrast to conventional Weyl semimetals in achiral crystals, chiral topological semimetals in chiral crystals exhibit Weyl nodes at time-reversal-invariant momenta. A Fermi surface spin texture with parallel spin-momentum locking in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-12 Yingyi Huang

The zero-energy bound states at the edges or vortex cores of chiral p-wave superconductors should behave like majorana fermions. We introduce a model Hamiltonian that describes the tunnelling process when electrons are injected into such…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-06-17 C. J. Bolech , Eugene Demler

Topological superconductors (SCs) are novel phases of matter with nontrivial bulk topology. They host at their boundaries and vortex cores zero-energy Majorana bound states, potentially useful in fault-tolerant quantum computation. Chiral…

We consider a heterostructure of semiconductor layers sandwiched between two superconductors, forming a two-dimensional Josephson junction. Applying a Zeeman field perpendicular to the junction can render a topological superconducting phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-27 Shao-Kai Jian , Shuai Yin

We study a single vortex in a two-dimensional $p+ip$ Fermi superfluid interacting with a Bose-Einstein condensate. The Fermi superfluid is topologically non-trivial and hosts a zero-energy Majorana bound state at the vortex core. Assuming a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-12-05 Jing-Bo Wang , Wei Yi , Jian-Song Pan

We aim to study a one-dimensional $p$-wave superconductor with quasiperiodic on-site potentials. A modified real-space-Pfaffian method is applied to calculate the topological invariants. We confirm that the Majorana zero mode is protected…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-07-20 Shujie Cheng , Yufei Zhu , Gao Xianlong , Tong Liu

Chiral Majorana one-dimensional modes have been proposed as they key component for topological quantum computing. In this study, we explore their potential realization as hinge modes in higher-order topological superconductors. To create…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-16 Ilyoun Na , James G. McHugh , Sinéad M. Griffin , Luca Chirolli

We consider a model for a one-dimensional quantum wire with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and repulsive interactions, proximity coupled to a conventional s-wave superconductor. Using a combination of Hartree-Fock and density matrix…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-30 Arbel Haim , Anna Keselman , Erez Berg , Yuval Oreg

Topological nodal superconductors possess gapless low energy excitations that are characterized by point or line nodal Fermi surfaces. In this work, using a coupled wire construction, we study topological nodal superconductors that have…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-11-28 Moon Jip Park , Syed Raza , Matthew J. Gilbert , Jeffrey C. Y. Teo

In this work, we study how, with the aid of impurity engineering, two-dimensional $p$-wave superconductors can be employed as a platform for one-dimensional topological phases. We discover that, while chiral and helical parent states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Isac Sahlberg , Alex Westström , Kim Pöyhönen , Teemu Ojanen

We study an analytically solvable and experimentally relevant number-conserving periodically driven $p$-wave superconductor. Such a system is found to support generalized Majorana zero and $\pi$ modes which, despite being non-Hermitian, are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Raditya Weda Bomantara

A time-reversal invariant topological superconductivity is suggested to be realized in a quasi-one dimensional structure on a plane, which is fabricated by filling the superconducting materials into the periodic channel of dielectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 E. Nakhmedov , S. Mammadova , O. Alekperov

We investigate a topological superconducting wire with balanced gain and loss that is effectively described by the non-Hermitian Kitaev/Majorana chain with parity-time symmetry. This system is shown to possess two distinct types of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-10 Kohei Kawabata , Yuto Ashida , Hosho Katsura , Masahito Ueda

We construct effective field theories for superconductors, that are powerful enough to describe low lying sub gap fermion modes localized to vortex cores, and at the same time resemble topological field theories in that there are no bulk…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-05-23 Thors Hans Hansson , Thomas Kvorning , V. Parameswaran Nair

We have investigated the vortex in chiral superconductors, especially in p-wave case. In chiral superconductors the Cooper pair has orbital angular momentum hence U(1), parity (P) and time reversal symmetry (T) are broken simultaneously. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Goryo

We construct time reversal invariant topological superconductors and superfluids in two and three dimensions which are analogous to the recently discovered quantum spin Hall and three-d $Z_2$ topological insulators respectively. These…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 Xiao-Liang Qi , Taylor L. Hughes , Srinivas Raghu , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Superconducting wires without time-reversal and spin-rotation symmetries can be driven into a topological phase that supports Majorana bound states. Direct detection of these zero-energy states is complicated by the proliferation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-09 A. R. Akhmerov , J. P. Dahlhaus , F. Hassler , M. Wimmer , C. W. J. Beenakker

The spin polarized p_x + ip_y superconductor is known to support Majorana states but so far there has been no example. We propose a simple setup to create such a state by depositing a ferromagnetic metal on a non-centrosymmetric…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-07-23 Patrick A. Lee