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Majorana fermions in s-wave noncentrosymmetric superconductor with Dresselhaus (110) spin-orbit coupling.

Authors :
Jiabin You
Oh, C. H.
Vedral, Vlatko
Source :
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics. Feb2013, Vol. 87 Issue 5, p1-5. 5p.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The asymmetric spin-orbit interactions play a crucial role in realizing topological phases in a noncentrosym-metric superconductor (NCS). We investigate the edge states and the vortex core states in the .s-wave NCS with Dresselhaus (110) spin-orbit coupling by both numerical and analytical methods. In particular, we demonstrate that there exists a semimetal phase characterized by the flat Andreev bound states in the phase diagram of the s-wave Dresselhaus NCS which supports the emergence of Majorana fermions. The flat dispersion implies a peak in the density of states which has a clear experimental signature in the tunneling conductance measurements and the Majorana fermions proposed here should be experimentally detectable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10980121
Volume :
87
Issue :
5
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
86709769
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.054501