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We propose a platform for engineering helical fermions in a hybridized double-quantum-wire setup. When our setup is proximity coupled to an $s$-wave superconductor it can become a class $D$ topological superconductor exhibiting Majorana…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-19 Ömer M. Aksoy , John R. Tolsma

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are highly sought-after states with a possible application in quantum computation. Here, we show that vortex-core MZMs can carry a nontrivial angular momentum. This establishes new `flavors' of Majorana modes,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-19 Giulia Venditti , Christophe Berthod , Louk Rademaker

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

Altermagnets are compensated magnets with unconventional $d$, $g$, and $i$-wave spin order in reciprocal space. So far the search for new altermagnetic candidates has been focused on materials in which the magnetic unit cell is identical to…

We propose to realize a one-dimensional chiral topological superconducting state at the magnetic domain walls stripe of a magnetic topological insulator coupled with a conventional $s$-wave superconductor. The localized Majorana zero modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Jing Wang

We show that Majorana edge modes appear in a strongly correlated phase of semiconducting nanowires with discrete rotational symmetry in the cross section. These modes exist in the absence of spin-orbit coupling, magnetic fields and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-29 Tommy Li , Michele Burrello , Karsten Flensberg

Planar Josephson junctions are pivotal for engineering topological superconductivity, yet are severely hindered by orbital effects induced by in-plane magnetic fields. In this work, we introduce the generic topological altermagnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-07 Grant Z. X. Yang , Zi-Ting Sun , Ying-Ming Xie , K. T. Law

Altermagnetic materials combine compensated magnetic order with momentum-dependent spin splitting, offering a fundamentally new route for spintronic functionality beyond conventional ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. While most studies…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-13 J. W. González , T. Brumme , E. Suárez Morell , A. M. León

Altermagnets, a distinct class of antiferromagnets with electronic structures resembling those of d-wave superconductors, exhibit intriguing properties that have gained significant attention in recent research. In this article, we propose…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-04 Ali Asgharpour , Bert Koopmans , Rembert A. Duine

Magnetic skyrmions are highly mobile nanoscale topological spin textures. We show, both analytically and numerically, that a magnetic skyrmion of an even azimuthal winding number placed in proximity to an s-wave superconductor hosts a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-06 Guang Yang , Peter Stano , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

With the recent discovery of the quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI), which exhibits the conductive quantum Hall edge states without external magnetic field, it becomes possible to create a novel topological superconductor (SC) by…

We demonstrate that Majorana fermions exist in edges of systems and in a vortex core even for superconductors with nodal excitations such as the d-wave pairing state under a particular but realistic condition in the case with an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-02-11 Masatoshi Sato , Satoshi Fujimoto

Recent experimental breakthrough in magnetic Weyl semimetals have inspired exploration on the novel effects of various magnetic structures in these materials. Here we focus on a domain wall structure which connects two uniform domains with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-06-07 Zhao Huang , Christopher Lane , Dmitry Yarotski , A. J. Taylor , Jian-Xin Zhu

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

A topological insulator nanowire, proximity-coupled to an ordinary bulk s-wave superconductor and subject to a longitudinal applied magnetic field, is shown to realize a one-dimensional topological superconductor with unpaired Majorana…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-17 A. Cook , M. Franz

We show that corner Majorana zero modes in a two-dimensional $p+id$ topological superconductor can be controlled by the manipulation of the parent $p-$wave superconducting order. Assuming that the $p$-wave superconducting order is in either…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-09 Morten Amundsen , Vladimir Juričić

We introduce a class of superconductors termed "quantized quadrupole superconductors" that support Majorana corner modes according to the bulk-corner correspondence, distinct from previous works on the second-order topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-24 Yun-Mei Li , Yongwei Huang , Kai Chang

Topological superconductors, which support Majorana fermion excitations, have been the subject of intense studies due to their novel transport properties and their potential applications in fault-tolerant quantum computations. Here we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-02-24 James Jun He , Jiansheng Wu , Ting-Pong Choy , Xiong-Jun Liu , Y. Tanaka , K. T. Law

Spin chains proximitized with superconducting condensates have emerged as one of the most promising platforms for the realization of Majorana modes. Here, we craft diluted spin chains atom-by-atom following seminal theoretical proposal…

We study the robustness of Majorana zero energy modes and minigaps of quasiparticle excitations in a vortex by numerically solving Bogoliubov-deGennes equations in a heterostructure composed of an \textit{s} -wave superconductor, a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-11-11 Li Mao , Chuanwei Zhang