Topological superconductors: a review

By Masatoshi Sato, Y. Ando. Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society, 2016

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This review elaborates pedagogically on the fundamental concept, basic theory, expected properties, and materials realizations of topological superconductors. The relation between topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions are explained, and the difference between dispersive Majorana fermions and a localized Majorana zero mode is emphasized. A variety of routes to topological superconductivity are explained with an emphasis on the roles of spin–orbit coupling. Present experimental situations and possible signatures of topological superconductivity are summarized with an emphasis on intrinsic topological superconductors.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry

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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

1. K. Kawabata
2. Masatoshi Sato
3. Ken Shiozaki
4. Masahito Ueda
5. Flore K. Kunst
6. Xiujuan Zhang
7. Yan-Feng Chen
8. Ming-Hui Lu

In Condensed Matter Physics

1. Masahito Ueda
2. K. Kawabata
3. Ken Shiozaki
4. Masatoshi Sato
5. Y. Ando
6. Luka Trifunovic
7. P. Brouwer

In Materials Chemistry

1. K. Kawabata
2. Masahito Ueda
3. Ken Shiozaki
4. Masatoshi Sato

Citations in the corpus

• Symmetry and Topology in Non-Hermitian Physics (2018, background): “The salient feature of topological superconductors is the emergence of Majorana fermions at their boundaries [182,183].”