Superconducting Proximity Effect and Majorana Fermions at the Surface of a Topological Insulator
We study the proximity effect between an s-wave superconductor and the surface states of a strong topological insulator. The resulting two-dimensional state resembles a spinless px + ipy superconductor, but does not break time reversal symmetry. This state supports Majorana bound states at vortices....
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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2008
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| Online Access: | https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/43444 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14332/43444 |