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The realization of topological quantum phases of matter remains a key challenge to condensed matter physics and quantum information science. In this work, we demonstrate that progress in this direction can be made by combining concepts of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 C. Wille , R. Egger , J. Eisert , A. Altland

To pinpoint the microscopic mechanism for superconductivity has proven to be one of the most outstanding challenges in the physics of correlated quantum matter. Thus far, the most direct evidence for an electronic pairing mechanism is the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-01-29 Mathias S. Scheurer , Jörg Schmalian

A promising direction for harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics to perform quantum computation is the topological quantum computation, for which topological superconductivity is one of the physical platforms. Intensive theoretical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-09-05 Noah F. Q. Yuan , Xiao-Jia Chen

We propose a general framework for designing a two-dimensional (2D) topological superconductor (TSC) using a magnet-superconductor hybrid system. This setup involves a monolayer of CrInTe$_3$, which hosts noncoplanar magnetic textures, in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-12 Arnob Mukherjee , Fengyi Zhou , Soheil Ershadrad , Tanay Nag , Duo Wang , Biplab Sanyal

Topological states of matter, first discovered in quantum systems, have opened new avenues for wave manipulation beyond the quantum realm. In elastic media, realizing these topological effects requires identifying lattices that support the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-24 Pegah Azizi , Rahul Dev Kundu , Weichen Li , Kai Sun , Xiaojia Shelly Zhang , Stefano Gonella

Connate topological superconductor (TSC) combines topological surface states with nodeless superconductivity in a single material, achieving effective $p$-wave pairing without interface complication. By combining angle-resolved…

Non-trivial topology and unconventional pairing are two central guiding principles in the contemporary search for and analysis of superconducting materials and heterostructure compounds. Previously, a topological superconductor has been…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-11-10 Xianxin Wu , Wladimir A. Benalcazar , Yinxiang Li , Ronny Thomale , Chao-Xing Liu , Jiangping Hu

At this centenary of the discovery of superconductivity, the design of new and more useful superconductors remains as enigmatic as ever. These materials play crucial roles both for fundamental science and applications, and they hold great…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-10-20 Laura H. Greene , Hamood Z. Arham , Cassandra R. Hunt , Wan Kyu Park

A topical overview on the state of the art and science of superconducting materials is presented. The relation of atomic structure and suggested superconductivity mechanisms as well as possible applications are discussed for the various…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-24 Roland Hott , Reinhold Kleiner , Thomas Wolf , Gertrud Zwicknagl

Topological superconductors offer a fertile ground for realizing Majorana zero modes -- topologically protected, zero-energy quasiparticles that are resilient to local perturbations and hold great promise for fault-tolerant quantum…

To synthesize a new superconductor which has a critical temperature, Tc, exceeding the room temperature, one needs to know what chemical components to start with. This chapter presents analysis of experimental data which allow one to draw a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mourachkine

Experimental efforts on topological superconductivity (TSC) have primarily focused on the detection of Majorana boundary modes, while the bulk properties of TSC - particularly in two dimensions (2D) - remain relatively underexplored. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-17 Yunxiang Liao , Yi-Ting Hsu

The 1937 theoretical discovery of Majorana fermions--whose defining property is that they are their own anti-particles--has since impacted diverse problems ranging from neutrino physics and dark matter searches to the fractional quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-04 Jason Alicea

In this tutorial paper, we provide an introduction to the briskly expanding research field of Majorana fermions in topological superconductors. We discuss several aspects of topological superconductivity and the advantages it brings to…

The search for topological phases of matter is evolving towards strongly interacting systems, including magnets and superconductors, where exotic effects emerge from the quantum-level interplay between geometry, correlation and topology.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-12 Jia-Xin Yin , Shuheng H. Pan , M Zahid Hasan

Superconductors with nontrivial band structure topology represent a class of materials with unconventional and potentially useful properties. Recent years have seen much success in creating artificial hybrid structures exhibiting main…

Lithium superionic conductors (LSICs) are crucial for next-generation solid-state batteries, offering exceptional ionic conductivity and enhanced safety for renewable energy and electric vehicles. However, their discovery is extremely…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-17 Dong Chen , Bingxu Wang , Shunning Li , Wentao Zhang , Kai Yang , Yongli Song , Guo-Wei Wei , Feng Pan

Symmetry is at the heart of modern physics. Phases of matter are classified by symmetry breaking, topological phases are characterized by non-local symmetries, and point group symmetries are critical to our understanding of crystalline…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-06-17 Eli Chertkov , Benjamin Villalonga , Bryan K. Clark

We describe designs for the realization of topological Majorana qubits in terms of proximitized topological insulator nanoribbons pierced by a uniform axial magnetic field. This platform holds promise for particularly robust Majorana bound…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-18 Jan Manousakis , Alexander Altland , Dmitry Bagrets , Reinhold Egger , Yoichi Ando

Superconducting-proximity topological insulators (STIs) have garnered significant research attention over the past two decades. In this Letter, we demonstrate that a low-dimensional STI in the topological-nontrivial phase (TP) exhibits an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-02 Yajiang Chen , Ke-Ji Chen , Jia-Ji Zhu , A. A. Shanenko