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The topological superconducting state is a highly sought-after quantum state hosting topological order and Majorana excitations. In this work, we explore the mechanism to realize the topological superconductivity (TSC) in the doped Mott…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-03 Yixuan Huang , Shou-Shu Gong , D. N. Sheng

We perform self-consistent studies of two-dimensional (2D) $s$-wave topological superconductivity (TSC) with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman field by solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. In particular, we examine the effects of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-02-22 S. L. Goertzen , K. Tanaka , Yuki Nagai

Here we present an analysis of the evolution of Majorana corner modes realizing in a higher-order topological superconductor (HOTSC) on a square lattice under the influence of local Coulomb repulsion. The HOTSC spectral properties were…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 S. V. Aksenov , A. D. Fedoseev , M. S. Shustin , A. O. Zlotnikov

We study a new type of three-dimensional topological superconductors that exhibit Majorana zero modes (MZM) protected by a magnetic group symmetry, a combined antiunitary symmetry composed of a mirror reflection and time-reversal. This new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-12 Chen Fang , Matthew J. Gilbert , B. Andrei Bernevig

In this work, we develop a systematical approach of constructing and classifying the model Hamiltonians for two-dimensional (2D) higher-order topological phase with corner zero energy states (CZESs). Our approach is based on the direct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 Xun-Jiang Luo , Xiao-Hong Pan , Chao-Xing Liu , Xin Liu

In this paper, we introduce a two-dimensional fractional topological superconductor (FTSC) as a strongly correlated topological state which can be achieved by inducing superconductivity into an Abelian fractional quantum Hall state, through…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-01-28 Abolhassan Vaezi

We find a series of topological phase transitions in a half-metal/superconductor heterostructure, by tuning the direction of the magnetization of the half-metal film. These include transitions between a topological superconducting phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-18 Lei Hao , C. S. Ting

A $d$-dimensional second-order topological insulator (SOTI) can host topologically protected $(d - 2)$-dimensional gapless boundary modes. Here we show that a 2D non-Hermitian SOTI can host zero-energy modes at its corners. In contrast to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 Tao Liu , Yu-Ran Zhang , Qing Ai , Zongping Gong , Kohei Kawabata , Masahito Ueda , Franco Nori

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…

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

Topological superconductors (TSCs) are correlated quantum states with simultaneous off-diagonal long-range order and nontrivial topological invariants. They produce gapless or zero energy boundary excitations, including Majorana zero modes…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-05 Yi Zhang , Kun Jiang , Fuchun Zhang , Jian Wang , Ziqiang Wang

We show that interactions can drive a class of higher order topological superconductors (HOTSC) into symmetry enriched topologically ordered phases exemplified by topological quantum error correcting codes. In two dimensions, interacting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-08-21 Yizhi You , Daniel Litinski , Felix von Oppen

We propose a material platform comprised of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) heterostructures to realize the two-dimensional (2D) helical superconductivity with an intrinsic gap. By van der Waals stacking a 2D superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-12 Xuance Jiang , Jennifer Cano , Yuan Ping , Yafis Barlas , Deyu Lu

Coupled-wire constructions have been widely applied to quantum Hall systems and symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases. In this Letter, we use the coupled one-dimensional nonchiral Luttinger liquids with domain-wall structured mass…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-26 Jian-Hao Zhang

Two-dimensional topological superconductor (TSC) represents an exotic quantum material with quasiparticle excitation manifesting in dispersive Majorana mode (DMM) at the boundaries. A domain-wall DMM can arise at the boundary between two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-26 Xiaoming Zhang , Pei Zhao , Feng Liu

We present a detailed investigation of the topological phases and Majorana fermion (MF) excitations that arise from the bulk interplay between (un)conventional one/two-band spin-singlet superconductivity and a number of magnetic texture…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-28 Daniel Steffensen , Morten H. Christensen , Brian M. Andersen , Panagiotis Kotetes

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

Topological Surface States (TSS) represent new types of two dimensional electron systems with novel and unprecedented properties distinct from any quantum Hall-like or spin-Hall effects. Their Z$_2$ topological order can be realized at room…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-07 M. Zahid Hasan , Su-Yang Xu , David Hsieh , L. Andrew Wray , Yuqi Xia

Using a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscopy, we report the observation of topologically nontrivial superconductivity on a single material of \beta-Bi2Pd films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The superconducting gap associated with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-06-20 Yan-Feng Lv , Wen-Lin Wang , Yi-Min Zhang , Hao Ding , Wei Li , Lili Wang , Ke He , Can-Li Song , Xu-Cun Ma , Qi-Kun Xue

We propose a realization of the lattice symmetry assisted second order topological superconductors with corner Majorana zero modes (MZM) based on two-dimensional topological insulators (2DTI). The lattice symmetry can naturally lead to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-16 Xiao-Hong Pan , Kai-Jie Yang , Li Chen , Gang Xu , Chao-Xing Liu , Xin Liu