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FeSe $_{0.45}$ Te $_{0.55}$中拓扑表面超导电性的起源

Origin of Topological Surface Superconductivity in FeSe$_{0.45}$Te$_{0.55}$

Eric Mascot, Sagen Cocklin, Martin Graham, Mahdi Mashkoori, Stephan Rachel, Dirk K. Morr

摘要:

拓扑超导体中Majorana零模的工程化是实现拓扑量子计算和基于拓扑的器件的新范例,但由于缺乏具有足够大超导能隙的材料而受到阻碍。然而,最近的实验提供了令人着迷的证据,证明铁基超导体FeSe $_{0.45}$ Te $_{0.55}$中存在拓扑表面超导性,该超导体具有几meV的完整$s_\pm$波隙。在这里,我们提出了一个机制的出现在FeSe $_{0.45}$ Te $_{0.55}$的表面上的拓扑超导性,通过证明之间的相互作用的$s_\pm$波对称性的超导能隙,最近观察到的表面磁性,和Rashba自旋轨道相互作用产生几个拓扑超导相。此外,提出的机制解释了一系列实验观察到的拓扑超导性的标志,如出现的Majorana零模式的涡核中心和线缺陷的末端,以及手性Majorana边缘模式沿某些类型的域壁。我们还提出,超电流的空间分布附近的域壁是一个特征签名可测量通过扫描超导量子干涉装置,可以区分手性马约拉纳边缘模式和平凡的间隙状态。

英文摘要:

The engineering of Majorana zero modes in topological superconductors, a new paradigm for the realization of topological quantum computing and topology-based devices, has been hampered by the absence of materials with sufficiently large superconducting gaps. Recent experiments, however, have provided enthralling evidence for the existence of topological surface superconductivity in the iron-based superconductor FeSe$_{0.45}$Te$_{0.55}$ possessing a full $s_\pm$-wave gap of a few meV. Here, we propose a mechanism for the emergence of topological superconductivity on the surface of FeSe$_{0.45}$Te$_{0.55}$ by demonstrating that the interplay between the $s_\pm$-wave symmetry of the superconducting gap, recently observed surface magnetism, and a Rashba spin-orbit interaction gives rise to several topological superconducting phases. Moreover, the proposed mechanism explains a series of experimentally observed hallmarks of topological superconductivity, such as the emergence of Majorana zero modes in the center of vortex cores and at the end of line defects, as well as of chiral Majorana edge modes along certain types of domain walls. We also propose that the spatial distribution of supercurrents near a domain wall is a characteristic signature measurable via a scanning superconducting quantum interference device that can distinguish between chiral Majorana edge modes and trivial in-gap states.

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