Unconventional Superconductivity and Majorana Fermions in Topological Insulators

2015 ◽  
pp. 123-154
Keyword(s):  
Topological Insulators ◽  
Majorana Fermions ◽  
Unconventional Superconductivity

scholarly journals Straining topological insulators as a way to detect Majorana fermions

2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Mesaros ◽  
Stefanos Papanikolaou ◽  
Jan Zaanen
Keyword(s):  
Topological Insulators ◽  
Majorana Fermions

scholarly journals Creating Majorana fermions in topological insulators

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Canhua Liu ◽  
Jin-Feng Jia
Keyword(s):  
Topological Insulators ◽  
Majorana Fermions

Topological Superconductors and Majorana Fermions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.Y. Li ◽  
J.F. Jia
Keyword(s):  
Quantum State ◽  
Topological Insulators ◽  
Surface States ◽  
Proximity Effects ◽  
Majorana Fermions ◽  
Topological Superconductors ◽  
Atomic Chains ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
State Of Matter ◽  
Topological Superconductivity

This article discusses recent developments relating to the so-called topological superconductors (TSCs), which have a full pairing gap in the bulk and gapless surface states consisting of Majorana fermions (MFs). It first provides a background on topological superconductivity as a novel quantum state of matter before turning to topological insulators (TIs) and superconducting heterostructures, with particular emphasis on the vortices of such materials and the Majorana mode within a vortex. It also considers proposals for realizing TSCs by proximity effects through TI/SC heterostructures as well as experimental efforts to fabricate artificial TSCs using nanowires, superconducting junctions, and ferromagnetic atomic chains on superconductors.

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