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We demonstrate that the recently discovered triple-Q (3Q) magnetic structure, when embedded in a magnet-superconductor hybrid (MSH) system, gives rise to the emergence of topological superconductivity. We investigate the structure of chiral…

Majorana corner modes appearing in two-dimensional second-order topological superconductors have great potential applications for fault-tolerant topological quantum computations. We demonstrate that in the presence of an in-plane magentic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-04-07 S. Ikegaya , W. B. Rui , D. Manske , Andreas P. Schnyder

The oscillation of Majorana modes with near zero energy plays a very important role for ascertaining Majorana fermions. The edge states, which also have almost-zero-energy in one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain (SSHc), have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-13 Yang Zhang , Wei Nie , Yu-xi Liu

The goal of creating topologically protected qubits using non-Abelian anyons is currently one of the most exciting areas of research in quantum condensed matter physics. Majorana zero modes (MZM), which are non-Abelian anyons predicted to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-12 Berthold Jäck , Yonglong Xie , Ali Yazdani

We report the observation of the Meissner effect in a rhombohedral graphene superconductor, realized via direct imaging of the static fringe magnetic field. In our few-micron sample, the onset of superconductivity manifests as a diamagnetic…

We establish quasi-two-dimensional thin films of iron-based superconductors (FeSCs) as a new high-temperature platform for hosting intrinsic time-reversal-invariant helical topological superconductivity (TSC). Based on the combination of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-04-13 Rui-Xing Zhang , S. Das Sarma

We propose a platform based on a fully compensated ferrimagnet (fFIM) for realizing and controlling topological superconductivity with Majorana bound states across multiple dimensions. Through symmetry analysis and microscopic modeling, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-29 Yu-Xuan Li , Yicheng Liu , Cheng-Cheng Liu

We theoretically evaluate changes in the magnetic potential arising from the magnetic field near superconducting thin films. An example of an atom chip based on a three-wire configuration has been simulated in the superconducting and the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-29 D. Cano , B. Kasch , H. Hattermann , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner , C. Zimmermann , J. Fortágh

As platforms of Majorana modes, topological insulator (quantum anomalous Hall insulator)/superconductor (SC) heterostructures have attracted tremendous attention over the past decade. Here we substitute the topological insulator by its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-13 Zhongbo Yan

Topological superconductors are believed to host exotic quasiparticle excitations known as Majorana zero-modes, with much of the evidence based on BCS mean-field theory. The direct application of mean-field arguments is tenuous in finite,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-03 Jaden Thomas-Markarian , Kartiek Agarwal , Ivar Martin

We present a new scheme for Majorana modes in systems with nonsymmporhic-symmetry-protected band degeneracy. We reveal that when the gapless fermionic excitations are encoded with conventional superconductivity and magnetism, which can be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-10 Zhongyi Zhang , Zhenfei Wu , Chen Fang , Fu-chun Zhang , Jiangping Hu , Yuxuan Wang , Shengshan Qin

Contrary to the widespread belief that Majorana zero-energy modes, existing as bound edge states in 2D topological insulator (TI)-superconductor (SC) hybrid structures, are unaffected by non-magnetic static disorder by virtue of Anderson's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-26 Hoi-Yin Hui , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

The surface of superconducting topological insulators (STIs) has been recognized as an effective $p\pm ip$ superconductivity platform for realizing elusive Majorana fermions. Chiral Majorana modes (CMMs), which are different from Majorana…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-12-30 Ching-Kai Chiu , Guang Bian , Hao Zheng , Jiaxin Yin , Songtian S. Zhang , Su-Yang Xu , M. Zahid Hasan

A nonuniform in-plane Zeeman field can induce spontaneous supercurrents of spin-orbit coupled electrons in superconducting two-dimensional systems and thin films. In this work it is shown that current vortices can be created at the ends of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-10-09 A. G. Mal'shukov

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) that obey the non-Abelian statistics have been intensively investigated for potential applications in topological quantum computing. The prevailing signals in tunneling experiments "fingerprinting" the existence…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Chaofei Liu , Cheng Chen , Xiaoqiang Liu , Ziqiao Wang , Yi Liu , Shusen Ye , Ziqiang Wang , Jiangping Hu , Jian Wang

We prove a topological criterion for the existence of zero-energy Majorana bound-state on a disclination, a rotation symmetry breaking point defect, in 4-fold symmetric topological crystalline superconductors (TCS). We first establish a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-20 Jeffrey C. Y. Teo , Taylor L. Hughes

By tuning the magnetic flux, the two ends of a 1D topological superconductor weakly coupled to a normal metal as a ring-shaped junction can host split Majorana zero modes (MZMs). When this ring geometry becomes Coulomb blockaded, and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-31 Ching-Kai Chiu , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

We study the influence of the inverse proximity effect on the superconductivity nucleation in hybrid structures consisting of the semiconducting nanowires placed in contact with a thin superconducting film and discuss the resulting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-04-17 Alexander A. Kopasov , Ivan M. Khaymovich , Alexander S. Mel'nikov

There has been recent interest in superconductor-magnetic insulator hybrid Rashba nanowire setups for potentially hosting Majorana zero modes at smaller external Zeeman fields. Using the non-equilibrium Green's function technique, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-27 Roshni Singh , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

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
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