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Topological superconductivity is an exotic quantum phenomenon with coupled nontrivial topological order and superconductivity together. A direct idea for producing topological superconductors is to create superconductivity based on the well…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-08-23 Hao Yu , Noah F. Q. Yuan , Wei-Jian Li , Liu-Cheng Chen , Zi-Yu Cao , Di Li , Xiaoying Qin , Chang-De Gong , Xiao-Jia Chen

A topological superconductor, characterized by either a chiral order parameter or a chiral topological surface state in proximity to bulk superconductivity, is foundational to topological quantum computing. As in other topological phases of…

Topological insulators embody a new state of matter characterized entirely by the topological invariants of the bulk electronic structure rather than any form of spontaneously broken symmetry. Unlike the 2D quantum Hall or quantum…

Realizing topological superconductivity by integrating high-transition-temperature ($T_C$) superconductors with topological insulators can open new paths for quantum computing applications. Here, we report a new approach for increasing the…

The amplitude of ground state superconducting energy gap $\Delta(0)$ and relative jump in electronic specific heat at the transition temperature, $\Delta$$C$${/}$$\gamma$$T_c$, are primary fundamental parameters of any superconductor. There…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-07-08 E. F. Talantsev

Topological superfluid $^3$He, with unconventional spin-triplet p-wave pairing, provides a model system for topological superconductors, which have attracted significant interest through potential applications in topologically protected…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-05-11 P. J. Heikkinen , A. Casey , L. V. Levitin , X. Rojas , A. Vorontsov , P. Sharma , N. Zhelev , J. M. Parpia , J. Saunders

While topological superconductors are predicted to provide building blocks for fault-tolerant quantum computing, one of the remaining challenges is to find a convenient experimental platform that would allow patterning of circuits. We find…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-28 Jerome T. Mlack , Atikur Rahman , Gopinath Danda , Natalia Drichko , Sarah Friedensen , Marija Drndic , Nina Markovic

Quantum critical phenomena are widely studied across various materials families, from high temperature superconductors to magnetic insulators. They occur when a thermodynamic phase transition is suppressed to zero temperature as a function…

Spin-triplet superconductivity (SC) offers a unique avenue for realizing non-Abelian Majorana zero modes and thus the fault-tolerant topological quantum computation, and has attracted a broad audience for both fundamental research and…

The idea of employing non-Abelian statistics for error-free quantum computing ignited interest in recent reports of topological surface superconductivity and Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in FeTe$_{0.55}$Se$_{0.45}$. An associated puzzle is…

The engineering of Majorana zero modes in topological superconductors, a new paradigm for the realization of topological quantum computing and topology-based devices, has been hampered by the absence of materials with sufficiently large…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-01-18 Eric Mascot , Sagen Cocklin , Martin Graham , Mahdi Mashkoori , Stephan Rachel , Dirk K. Morr

Superconductors with topological surface or edge states have been intensively explored for the prospect of realizing Majorana bound states, which obey non-Abelian statistics and are crucial for topological quantum computation. The…

Recently, superconductivity has been observed in twisted WSe$_2$ moir\'{e} structures (Xia et al., Nature 2024; Guo et al., Nature 2025). Its transition temperature is high, reaching a few percent of the Fermi temperature scale. Here, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-02 Fang Xie , Lei Chen , Shouvik Sur , Yuan Fang , Jennifer Cano , Qimiao Si

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

The search for topological superconductors (TSCs) is one of the most urgent contemporary problems in condensed matter systems. TSCs are characterized by a full superconducting gap in the bulk and topologically protected gapless surface (or…

Spontaneous symmetry breaking has been a paradigm to describe the phase transitions in condensed matter physics. In addition to the continuous electromagnetic gauge symmetry, an unconventional superconductor can break discrete symmetries…

Newly-discovered superconductor UTe$_2$ is a strong contender for a topological spin-triplet state wherein a multi-component order parameter arises from two nearly-degenerate superconducting states. A key issue is whether both of these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-12-10 S. M. Thomas , C. Stevens , F. B. Santos , S. S. Fender , E. D. Bauer , F. Ronning , J. D. Thompson , A. Huxley , P. F. S. Rosa

The Dirac semimetal PdTe$_2$ was recently reported to be a type-I superconductor ($T_c = $1.64 K, $\mu_0 H_c (0) = 13.6$ mT) with unusual superconductivity of the surface sheath. We here report a high-pressure study, $p \leq 2.5$ GPa, of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-12-09 H. Leng , A. Ohmura , L. N. Anh , F. Ishikawa , T. Naka , Y. K. Huang , A. de Visser

We consider superconductivity in the light of the quantum gravity theoretical framework introduced in [1]. In this framework, the degree of quantum delocalization depends on the geometry of the energy distribution along space. This results…

General Physics · Physics 2010-07-22 Andrea Gregori

Point-contact spectroscopy of several non-superconducting topological materials reveals a low temperature phase transition that is characterized by a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer-type of criticality. We find such a behavior of differential…

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