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Topology from triviality

Date Issued
2018-01-01
Author(s)
Kaladzhyan, V.  
Bena, Cristina
Simon, Pascal
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.97.104512
Abstract
We show that bringing into proximity two topologically trivial systems can give rise to a topological phase. More specifically, we study a 1D metallic nanowire proximitized by a 2D superconducting substrate with a mixed s-wave and p-wave pairing, and we demonstrate both analytically and numerically that the phase diagram of such a setup can be richer than reported before. Thus apart from the two "expected" well-known phases (i.e., where the substrate and the wire are both simultaneously trivial or topological), we show that there exist two peculiar phases in which the nanowire can be in a topological regime while the substrate is trivial and vice versa.
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