Majorana States from Magnetic Skyrmions-Superconductor Interface with Spin-orbit Coupling

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Abstract

We studied topological superconductivity arising at the interface of skyrmion materials in proximity to an s-wave superconductor in the presence of strong spin-orbit coupling. We found Majorana zero modes localized at the center and at the skyrmion radius of Neel and Bloch types of skyrmions. This work provides a potential pathway towards a useful platform for the manipulation of Majorana fermions via controlling the magnetic skyrmions. 

C.F.B.L. and C.S. contributed equally to this work. 

*This work is supported by the NSF CAREER grant DMR-1848349 and, as part of IQM, an EFRC funded by the U.S. DOE/BES under Award No. DE-SC0019331. C.F.B.L. acknowledges support from the Rabi Scholar Program at Columbia University and the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Foundation.

Presenters

  • Chiu Fan Bowen Lo

    • Columbia University

Authors

  • Chiu Fan Bowen Lo

    • Columbia University
  • Canon Sun

    • Johns Hopkins University
  • Shu-Ping Lee

    • Johns Hopkins University
  • Yi Li

    • Johns Hopkins University