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Noncollinear magnetism opens exciting possibilities to generate topological superconductivity. Here, we focus on helical and cycloidal magnetic textures in magnet-superconductor hybrid structures in a background magnetic field. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-12-21 Stefan Rex , Igor V. Gornyi , Alexander D. Mirlin

Recently, the search for Majorana fermions (MFs) has become one of the most important and exciting issues in condensed matter physics since such an exotic quasiparticle is expected to potentially give rise to unprecedented quantum phenomena…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-22 Satoshi Sasaki , Takeshi Mizushima

Majorana Fermions, strange particles that are their own antiparticles, were predicted in 1937 and have been sought after ever since. In condensed matter they are predicted to exist as vortex core or edge excitations in certain exotic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-08-12 Aaron Farrell , T. Pereg-Barnea

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

Topological superfluid, new quantum matter that possesses gapless exotic excitations known as Majorana fermions, has attracted extensive attention recently. These excitations, which can encode topological qubits, could be crucial…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-01-18 Liang-Liang Wang , Wu-Ming Liu

Magnet-superconductor hybrid (MSH) structures represent one of the most promising platforms to realize, control and manipulate Majorana modes using scanning tunneling methods. By depositing either chains or islands of magnetic atoms on the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-05-20 Daniel Crawford , Eric Mascot , Dirk K. Morr , Stephan Rachel

As one of the simplest systems for realizing Majorana fermions, topological superconductor plays an important role in both condensed matter physics and quantum computations. Based on \emph{ab~initio} calculations and the analysis of an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-06 Gang Xu , Biao Lian , Peizhe Tang , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

In contrast to elementary Majorana particles, emergent Majorana fermions (MFs) in condensed-matter systems may have electromagnetic multipoles. We developed a general theory of magnetic multipoles for surface helical MFs on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-09-04 Shingo Kobayashi , Ai Yamakage , Yukio Tanaka , Masatoshi Sato

Among the broad spectrum of systems predicted to exhibit topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions, one-dimensional wires with strong spin-orbit coupling provide one of the most promising experimental candidates. Here we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-07-15 E. M. Stoudenmire , Jason Alicea , Oleg A. Starykh , Matthew P. A. Fisher

Topological superconductors are appealing building blocks for robust and reliable quantum information processing. Most platforms for engineering topological superconductivity rely on a combination of superconductors, materials with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Ignacio Sardinero , Rubén Seoane Souto , Pablo Burset

Using a combination of the mean-field Bogoliubov deGennes (BdG) approach and the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) method, we discover first order topological transitions between topological superconducting and trivial insulating…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-29 Shruti Agarwal , Shreekant Gawande , Satoshi Nishimoto , Jeroen van den Brink , Sanjeev Kumar

Spin-triplet p-wave superfluids of single-species (or spin-polarized) fermionic atoms is a topological superfluid. In 2D such a superfluid supports zero-energy topological Majorana fermion excitations in order parameter defects such as…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-02-28 M. S. Marienko , Jay D. Sau , Sumanta Tewari

We discuss the properties of topologically nontrivial superconducting phases and the conditions for their realization in condensed matter, and the principles for identifying Majorana bound states (MBSs). Along with the well-known Kitaev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-23 V. V. Val'kov , M. S. Shustin , S. V. Aksenov , A. O. Zlotnikov , A. D. Fedoseev , V. A. Mitskan , M. Yu. Kagan

The functionalized graphene with induced superconductivity, Zeeman coupling, and finite Rashba spin-orbit coupling is proposed to display topological superconducting phases with Majorana end modes. We obtain the phase diagram of bulk…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-21 Zhen-Hua Wang , Eduardo V. Castro , Hai-Qing Lin

We consider a model of ballistic quasi-one dimensional semiconducting wire with intrinsic spin-orbit interaction placed on the surface of a bulk s-wave superconductor (SC), in the presence of an external magnetic field. This setup has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-06 A. A. Zyuzin , Diego Rainis , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

Topological spin textures, such as a skyrmion crystal, are a source of unusual physical phenomena owing to the interplay between magnetism and topology. Since physical phenomena depend on the topological property and the symmetry of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-01 Ryota Yambe , Satoru Hayami

Heavy metals, such as Au, Ag, and Pb, often have sharp surface states that are split by strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The strong spin-orbit coupling and two-dimensional nature of these surface states make them ideal platforms for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-13 Andrew C. Potter , Patrick A. Lee

Topological superconductors, characterized by topologically nontrivial states residing in a superconducting gap, are a recently discovered class of materials having Majorana Fermions. The interplay of superconductivity and topological…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-12 Peng-Fei Liu , Jingyu Li , Xin-Hai Tu , Huabing Yin , Baisheng Sa , Junrong Zhang , David J. Singh , Bao-Tian Wang

Topological superconductors have shown great potential in the search for unique quasiparticles such as Majorana fermions. Combining nontrivial band topology and superconductivity can lead to topological superconductivity due to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-02-22 Richard Zhan , Xuan Luo

The possible realization of Majorana fermions as quasiparticle excitations in condensed matter physics has created much excitement. Most recent studies have focused on Majorana bound states which can serve as topological qubits. More…