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Grain-boundary topological superconductor
Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3982-036x
Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita). Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3000-5393
Number of Authors: 22023 (English)In: Communications Physics, E-ISSN 2399-3650, Vol. 6, no 1, article id 232Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are of central importance for modern condensed matter physics and quantum information due to their non-Abelian nature, which thereby offers the possibility of realizing topological quantum bits. We here show that a grain boundary (GB) defect can host a topological superconductor (SC), with a pair of cohabitating MZMs at its end when immersed in a parent two-dimensional gapped topological SC with the Fermi surface enclosing a nonzero momentum. The essence of our proposal lies in the magnetic-field driven hybridization of the localized MZMs at the elementary blocks of the GB defect, the single lattice dislocations, due to the MZM spin being locked to the Burgers vector. Indeed, as we show through numerical and analytical calculations, the GB topological SC with two localized MZMs emerges in a finite range of both the angle and magnitude of the external magnetic field. Our work demonstrates the possibility of defect-based platforms for quantum information technology and opens up a route for their systematic search in future.

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2023. Vol. 6, no 1, article id 232
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-224306DOI: 10.1038/s42005-023-01351-5ISI: 001093875100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85168785143OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-224306DiVA, id: diva2:1817373
Available from: 2023-12-06 Created: 2023-12-06 Last updated: 2023-12-06Bibliographically approved

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