Superconductivity and spin–orbit coupling in non-centrosymmetric materials: a review

M Smidman, MB Salamon, HQ Yuan… - Reports on Progress in …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In non-centrosymmetric superconductors, where the crystal structure lacks a centre of
inversion, parity is no longer a good quantum number and an electronic antisymmetric spin …

Topological superconductors: a review

M Sato, Y Ando - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review elaborates pedagogically on the fundamental concept, basic theory, expected
properties, and materials realizations of topological superconductors. The relation between …

Topological crystalline insulators and topological superconductors: From concepts to materials

Y Ando, L Fu - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2015 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we discuss recent progress in the explorations of topological materials
beyond topological insulators; specifically, we focus on topological crystalline insulators and …

Majorana corner modes in a high-temperature platform

Z Yan, F Song, Z Wang - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We introduce two-dimensional topological insulators in proximity to high-temperature
cuprate or iron-based superconductors as high-temperature platforms of Majorana Kramers …

Majorana fermions and topology in superconductors

M Sato, S Fujimoto - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2016 - journals.jps.jp
Topological superconductors are novel classes of quantum condensed phases,
characterized by topologically nontrivial structures of Cooper pairing states. On the surfaces …

Topological superconductivity in two-dimensional altermagnetic metals

D Zhu, ZY Zhuang, Z Wu, Z Yan - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Bringing magnetic metals into superconducting states represents an important approach for
realizing unconventional superconductors and potentially even topological …

Topology of crystalline insulators and superconductors

K Shiozaki, M Sato - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We complete a classification of topological phases and their topological defects in crystalline
insulators and superconductors. We consider topological phases and defects described by …

Majorana nanowires for topological quantum computation

P Marra - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Majorana bound states are quasiparticle excitations localized at the boundaries of a
topologically nontrivial superconductor. They are zero-energy, charge-neutral, particle–hole …

Superconductivity and local inversion-symmetry breaking

MH Fischer, M Sigrist, DF Agterberg… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Inversion and time reversal are essential symmetries for the structure of Cooper pairs in
superconductors. The loss of one or both leads to modifications to this structure and can …

Time-reversal-invariant topological superconductivity and Majorana Kramers pairs

F Zhang, CL Kane, EJ Mele - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We propose a feasible route to engineer one-and two-dimensional time-reversal-invariant
topological superconductors (SCs) via proximity effects between nodeless s±wave iron …