de Lisle, J, Palumbo, G, Gangat, AA et al. (1 more author) (2016) Nested defects on the boundary of topological superconductors. Physical Review B, 94 (5). 054505. ISSN 2469-9950
Abstract
Helical Majorana edge states at the 2D boundaries of 3D topological superconductors can be gapped by a surface Zeeman field. Here we study the effect nested defects imprinted on the Zeeman field can have on the edge states. We demonstrate that depending on the configuration of the field, we can induce dimensional reduction of gapless Majorana modes from 2D to 1D or quasi-0D at magnetic domain walls. We determine the nature of the Majorana localization on these defects as a function of the magnitude and configuration of the Zeeman field. Finally, we observe a generalization of the index theorem governing the number of gapless modes at the interface between topologically nontrivial systems with partial Chern numbers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 American Physical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Physical Review B. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Theoretical Physics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/I038683/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2017 15:46 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2019 11:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054505 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054505 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110973 |