Classification of topological quantum matter with symmetries

CK Chiu, JCY Teo, AP Schnyder, S Ryu - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
Topological materials have become the focus of intense research in recent years, since they
exhibit fundamentally new physical phenomena with potential applications for novel devices …

New directions in the pursuit of Majorana fermions in solid state systems

J Alicea - Reports on progress in physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The 1937 theoretical discovery of Majorana fermions—whose defining property is that they
are their own anti-particles—has since impacted diverse problems ranging from neutrino …

Three-Dimensional Charge Density Wave and Surface-Dependent Vortex-Core States in a Kagome Superconductor

Z Liang, X Hou, F Zhang, W Ma, P Wu, Z Zhang, F Yu… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The transition-metal-based kagome metals provide a versatile platform for correlated
topological phases hosting various electronic instabilities. While superconductivity is rare in …

InAs-Al hybrid devices passing the topological gap protocol

M Aghaee, A Akkala, Z Alam, R Ali, A Alcaraz Ramirez… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present measurements and simulations of semiconductor-superconductor
heterostructure devices that are consistent with the observation of topological …

Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor

D Wang, L Kong, P Fan, H Chen, S Zhu, W Liu, L Cao… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The search for Majorana bound states (MBSs) has been fueled by the prospect of using their
non-Abelian statistics for robust quantum computation. Two-dimensional superconducting …

Zero-energy vortex bound state in the superconducting topological surface state of Fe (Se, Te)

T Machida, Y Sun, S Pyon, S Takeda, Y Kohsaka… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Majorana quasiparticles in condensed matter are important for topological quantum
computing,–, but remain elusive. Vortex cores of topological superconductors may …

Flux-induced topological superconductivity in full-shell nanowires

S Vaitiekėnas, GW Winkler, B Van Heck, T Karzig… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Majorana zero modes (MZMs) localized at the ends of one-dimensional
topological superconductors are promising candidates for fault-tolerant quantum computing …

Search for Majorana fermions in superconductors

CWJ Beenakker - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2013 - annualreviews.org
Majorana fermions (particles that are their own antiparticle) may or may not exist in nature as
elementary building blocks, but in condensed matter they can be constructed out of electron …

Introduction to topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions

M Leijnse, K Flensberg - Semiconductor Science and Technology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This short review paper provides a pedagogical introduction to the rapidly growing research
field of Majorana fermions in topological superconductors. We first discuss in some detail the …

Multiple topological states in iron-based superconductors

P Zhang, Z Wang, X Wu, K Yaji, Y Ishida, Y Kohama… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Topological materials and unconventional iron-based superconductors are both important
areas of study but, to date, relatively little overlap has been identified between these two …