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Topological superconductivity in a multichannel Yu-Shiba-Rusinov chain
Zhang, Junhua Rossi, E. Kim, Younghyun Lutchyn, Roman M.
Zhang, Junhua
Rossi, E.
Kim, Younghyun
Lutchyn, Roman M.
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Chains of magnetic atoms placed on the surface of an s-wave superconductor with large spin-orbit coupling provide a promising platform for the realization of topological superconducting states characterized by the presence of Majorana zero-energy modes. In this work, we study the properties of one-dimensional chains of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states induced by magnetic impurities using a realistic model for the magnetic atoms that includes the presence of multiple scattering channels. These channels are mixed by spin-orbit coupling and, via the hybridization of the Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states at different sites of the chain, result in a multiband structure for the chain. We obtain the topological phase diagram for such a band structure and show that the inclusion of higher bands can greatly enlarge the phase space for the realization of topological states.
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2016-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.024507