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(Seminar)Intrinsic Topological Superconductivity Induced by Textured Magnetic Order

05/10 2019
  • Title (Seminar)Intrinsic Topological Superconductivity Induced by Textured Magnetic Order
  • Speaker
  • Date
  • Venue
  • Abstract

    CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics

    Institute of Theoretical Physics

    Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Seminar

    Title

    题目

    Intrinsic Topological Superconductivity Induced by Textured Magnetic Order

    Speaker

    报告人

    Daniel Steffensen

    Affiliation

    所在单位

    Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

    Date

    日期

    2019年5月10日(周五)16:00
     

    Venue

    地点

    Seminar Room 322 Old ITP Building

    Abstract

    摘要

    Systems that inherently exhibit topological superconductivity are rare in  nature, and the highly coveted Majorana fermions are therefore mainly pursued in engineered hybrid devices. In this talk, I will present how to harness the possible microscopic coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism, as an alternative pathway to craft intrinsic topological superconductors. I will focus on materials with spontaneous textured magnetic order driven by Fermi surface nesting. This work is motivated by the iron pnictides, in which such a coexistence has been shown experimentally [1], and a recent theoretical analysis [2] has revealed that textured magnetism is also accessible. I will discuss the arising topological superconducting phases in layered multiband materials with magnetic spiral, whirl or skyrmion order, coexisting with various types of spin-singlet superconductivity. The diverse magnetic phases lead to a variety of flat, unidirectional, helical and chiral Majorana edge modes. As I will demonstrate, this multifaceted manifestation of Majorana fermion modes stems from the interplay of topological phases with both gapped and nodal bulk energy spectra.  [1] L. Wang et al., PRB 93, 014514 (2016). [2] M. H. Christensen, B. M. Andersen and P. Kotetes, PRX 8, 041022 (2018).

    Contact Person

    所内联系人

    Panagiotis Kotetes