Colloquium: Topological band theory

A Bansil, H Lin, T Das - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
The first-principles band theory paradigm has been a key player not only in the process of
discovering new classes of topologically interesting materials, but also for identifying salient …

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 …

Symmetry-broken Josephson junctions and superconducting diodes in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

J Díez-Mérida, A Díez-Carlón, SY Yang, YM Xie… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The coexistence of gate-tunable superconducting, magnetic and topological orders in magic-
angle twisted bilayer graphene provides opportunities for the creation of hybrid Josephson …

Higher-order topology in bismuth

F Schindler, Z Wang, MG Vergniory, AM Cook… - Nature physics, 2018 - nature.com
The mathematical field of topology has become a framework in which to describe the low-
energy electronic structure of crystalline solids. Typical of a bulk insulating three …

Gate-tunable superconducting diode effect in a three-terminal Josephson device

M Gupta, GV Graziano, M Pendharkar, JT Dong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The phenomenon of non-reciprocal critical current in a Josephson device, termed the
Josephson diode effect, has garnered much recent interest. Realization of the diode effect …

Majorana quasiparticles in condensed matter

R Aguado - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2017 - Springer
In the space of less than one decade, the search for Majorana quasiparticles in condensed
matter has become one of the hottest topics in physics. The aim of this review is to provide a …

Topological superconductivity in a phase-controlled Josephson junction

H Ren, F Pientka, S Hart, AT Pierce, M Kosowsky… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Topological superconductors can support localized Majorana states at their boundaries,,,–.
These quasi-particle excitations obey non-Abelian statistics that can be used to encode and …

Electrically tunable low-density superconductivity in a monolayer topological insulator

V Fatemi, S Wu, Y Cao, L Bretheau, QD Gibson… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Turning on superconductivity in a topologically nontrivial insulator may provide a route to
search for non-Abelian topological states. However, existing demonstrations of …

Topological insulator: Spintronics and quantum computations

M He, H Sun, QL He - Frontiers of Physics, 2019 - Springer
Topological insulators are emergent states of quantum matter that are gapped in the bulk
with time-reversal symmetry-preserved gapless edge/surface states, adiabatically distinct …

End states and subgap structure in proximity-coupled chains of magnetic adatoms

M Ruby, F Pientka, Y Peng, F Von Oppen, BW Heinrich… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
A recent experiment [Nadj-Perge et al., Science 346, 602 (2014)] provides evidence for
Majorana zero modes in iron (Fe) chains on the superconducting Pb (110) surface. Here, we …