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Two-dimensional chiral topological superconductivity in Shiba lattices

The chiral p-wave superconductor is the archetypal example of a state of matter that supports non-Abelian anyons, a highly desired type of exotic quasiparticle. With this, it is foundational for the distant goal of building a topological quantum computer. While some candidate materials for bulk chir...

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Autores principales: Li, Jian, Neupert, Titus, Wang, Zhijun, MacDonald, A. H., Yazdani, A., Bernevig, B. Andrei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27465127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12297
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author Li, Jian
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Wang, Zhijun
MacDonald, A. H.
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description The chiral p-wave superconductor is the archetypal example of a state of matter that supports non-Abelian anyons, a highly desired type of exotic quasiparticle. With this, it is foundational for the distant goal of building a topological quantum computer. While some candidate materials for bulk chiral superconductors exist, they are subject of an ongoing debate about their actual paring state. Here we propose an alternative route to chiral superconductivity, consisting of the surface of an ordinary superconductor decorated with a two-dimensional lattice of magnetic impurities. We furthermore identify a promising experimental platform to realize this proposal.
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spelling pubmed-49744752016-08-18 Two-dimensional chiral topological superconductivity in Shiba lattices Li, Jian Neupert, Titus Wang, Zhijun MacDonald, A. H. Yazdani, A. Bernevig, B. Andrei Nat Commun Article The chiral p-wave superconductor is the archetypal example of a state of matter that supports non-Abelian anyons, a highly desired type of exotic quasiparticle. With this, it is foundational for the distant goal of building a topological quantum computer. While some candidate materials for bulk chiral superconductors exist, they are subject of an ongoing debate about their actual paring state. Here we propose an alternative route to chiral superconductivity, consisting of the surface of an ordinary superconductor decorated with a two-dimensional lattice of magnetic impurities. We furthermore identify a promising experimental platform to realize this proposal. Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4974475/ /pubmed/27465127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12297 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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