Simulating Dynamical Phases of Chiral p+ip Superconductors with a Trapped ion Magnet
Athreya Shankar, Emil A. Yuzbashyan, Victor Gurarie, Peter Zoller, John J. Bollinger, Ana Maria Rey
DOI 10.1103/PRXQuantum.3.040324 · PRX Quantum
Active bibliographic source — not scientific approval
Bibliographic access preserves source history; it does not approve extracted materials or validate reported claims. Review warnings on each occurrence separately.
Abstract
Two-dimensional p+ip superconductors and superfluids are systems that feature chiral behavior emerging from the Cooper pairing of electrons or neutral fermionic atoms with nonzero angular momentum. Their realization has been a longstanding goal because they offer great potential utility for quantum computation and memory. However, they have so far eluded experimental observation both in solid-state systems as well as in ultracold quantum gases. Here, we propose to leverage the tremendous control offered by rotating two-dimensional trapped-ion crystals in a Penning trap to simulate the dynamical phases of two-dimensional p+ip superfluids. This is accomplished by mapping the presence or absence of a Cooper pair into an effective spin-1/2 system encoded in the ions’ electronic levels. We show how to infer the topological properties of the dynamical phases, and discuss the role of beyond mean-field corrections. More broadly, our work opens the door to use trapped-ion systems to explore exotic models of topological superconductivity and also paves the way to generate and manipulate skyrmionic spin textures in these platforms.
Similar papers
First-order superconducting phase transition in a chiral p+ip system
similarity 0.89Håvard Homleid Haugen et al.
Source status unknown — claims are unverified
Phase-controlled spin and charge currents in a superconductor-ferromagnet hybrid
similarity 0.89Ali Rezaei et al.
Source status unknown — claims are unverified
Competition between magnetic and superconducting pairing exchange interactions in confined systems
similarity 0.88Zu-Jian Ying et al.
Source status unknown — claims are unverified
Surface Cooper-Pair Spin Waves in Triplet Superconductors
similarity 0.87Nicholas R. Poniatowski et al.
Source status unknown — claims are unverified
Nonlinear spin torque, pumping, and cooling in superconductor/ferromagnet systems
similarity 0.87Risto Ojajärvi et al.
Source status unknown — claims are unverified
Chiral superconductivity in cuprates mediated by spin-orbit coupling to spinon superfluidity
similarity 0.87Sergei Urazhdin · 2022 · arXiv:2202.09965
Source status unknown — claims are unverified