Laubscher, Katharina and Chughtai, Danial and Loss, Daniel and Klinovaja, Jelena. (2020) Kramers pairs of Majorana corner states in a topological insulator bilayer. Physical Review B, 102 (19). p. 195401.
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Abstract
We consider a system consisting of two tunnel-coupled two-dimensional topological insulators proximitized by a top and bottom superconductor with a phase difference of pi between them. We show that this system exhibits a time-reversal invariant second-order topological superconducting phase characterized by the presence of a Kramers pair of Majorana corner states at all four corners of a rectangular sample. We furthermore investigate the effect of a weak time-reversal symmetry breaking perturbation and show that an in-plane Zeeman field leads to an even richer phase diagram exhibiting two nonequivalent phases with two Majorana corner states per corner as well as an intermediate phase with only one Majorana corner state per corner. We derive our results analytically from continuum models describing our system. In addition, we also provide independent numerical confirmation of the resulting phases using discretized lattice representations of the models, which allows us to demonstrate the robustness of the topological phases and the Majorana corner states against parameter variations and potential disorder.
Faculties and Departments: | 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Theoretical Nano/Quantum Physics (Klinovaja) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Klinovaja, Jelena |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
ISSN: | 2469-9950 |
e-ISSN: | 2469-9969 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2022 08:02 |
Deposited On: | 20 Apr 2021 15:42 |
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