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Topological superconductors (TSCs) have a full gap in the bulk and gapless surface states consisting of Majorana fermions, which have potential applications in fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. Because TSCs are very rare in…

We study time-reversal-invariant topological superconductivity in topological insulator (TI) thin films including both intra- and inter-surface pairing. We find a nontrivial topology for multiple different configurations. For intra-surface…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-11-17 Fariborz Parhizgar , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We propose to realize a two-dimensional chiral topological superconducting (TSC) state from the quantum anomalous Hall plateau transition in a magnetic topological insulator thin film through the proximity effect to a conventional $s$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-09-01 Jing Wang , Quan Zhou , Biao Lian , Shou-Cheng Zhang

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

The ingredients normally required to achieve topological superconductivity (TSC) are Cooper pairing, broken inversion symmetry, and broken time-reversal symmetry. We present a theoretical exploration of the possibility of using ultra-thin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Chao Lei , Hua Chen , Allan H. MacDonald

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

Topological crystalline insulators represent a new state of matter, in which the electronic transport is governed by mirror-symmetry protected Dirac surface states. Due to the helical spin-polarization of these surface states, the proximity…

Topological superconductors (SCs) are novel phases of matter with nontrivial bulk topology. They host at their boundaries and vortex cores zero-energy Majorana bound states, potentially useful in fault-tolerant quantum computation. Chiral…

In contrast to conventional Weyl semimetals in achiral crystals, chiral topological semimetals in chiral crystals exhibit Weyl nodes at time-reversal-invariant momenta. A Fermi surface spin texture with parallel spin-momentum locking in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-12 Yingyi Huang

A spin-U(1)-symmetry protected momentum-dependent integer-$Z$-valued topological invariant is proposed to time-reversal-invariant (TRI) superconductivity (SC) whose nonzero value will lead to exactly flat surface band(s). The theory is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-20 Cheng-Cheng Liu , Chen Lu , Li-Da Zhang , Xianxin Wu , Chen Fang , Fan Yang

The chiral $p$-wave superconductor/superfluid in two dimensions (2D) is the simplest and most robust system for topological quantum computation . Candidates for such topological superconductors/superfluids in nature are very rare. A widely…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Xi Luo , Yu-Ge Chen , Ziqiang Wang , Yue Yu

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

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…

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

We investigate a mechanism to produce superconductivity by strong purely repulsive interactions for flat dispersion $\varepsilon \sim k^4$, without using pairing instability in Fermi-liquid. The resulting superconductors break both…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-24 Minho Kim , Abigail Timmel , Long Ju , Xiao-Gang Wen

Over the past fifteen years, tremendous efforts have been devoted to realizing topological superconductivity in realistic materials and systems, predominately propelled by their promising application potentials in fault-tolerant quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-01-31 Wei Qin , Jiaqing Gao , Ping Cui , Zhenyu Zhang

Interfacing a topological insulator (TI) with an $s$-wave superconductor (SC) is a promising material platform that offers the possibility to realize a topological superconductor through which Majorana-based topologically protected qubits…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 Philipp Rüßmann , Stefan Blügel

Topological superconductors (TSCs) are of significant current interest because they offer promising platforms for finding Majorana fermions. Here we report a new superconductor synthesized by intercalating Cu into a naturally-formed…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-19 Satoshi Sasaki , Kouji Segawa , Yoichi Ando

We demonstrate the existence of topological superconductors (SC) protected by mirror and time reversal (TR) symmetries. D-dimensional (D=1,2,3) crystalline SCs are characterized by 2^(D-1) independent integer topological invariants, which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-08-06 Fan Zhang , C. L. Kane , E. J. Mele

Chiral topological semimetals host multifold degenerate band crossing points under the protection of crystalline symmetries. In this paper, we suggest that the recently discovered chiral topological semimetals in space group 198, parts of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Yingyi Huang , Shao-Kai Jian
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