Engineering nodal topological phases in Ising superconductors by magnetic superstructures
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| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 013022 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | New Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Publication type | A2 Review article in a scientific journal |
Abstract
Recently it was discovered that superconductivity in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is strongly affected by an out-of-plane spin-orbit coupling. In addition, new techniques of fabricating 2d ferromagnets on van der Waals materials are rapidly emerging. Combining these breakthroughs, we propose a realization of nodal topological superconductivity in TMDs by fabricating nanostructured ferromagnets with an in-plane magnetization on the top surface. The proposed procedure does not require application of external magnetic fields and applies to monolayer and multilayer (bulk) systems. The signatures of the topological phase include Majorana flat bandsthat can be directly observed by scanning tunneling microscopy techniques. We concentrate on NbSe2 and argue that the proposed structures demonstrating the nodal topological phase can be realized within existing technology.
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Keywords
- magnetic impurities, nodal superconductors, topological superconductors