SU(4) symmetry breaking and induced superconductivity in graphene quantum Hall edges
Joseph J. Cuozzo, Enrico Rossi
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.024518 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
In graphene, the approximate SU(4) symmetry associated with the spin and valley degrees of freedom in the quantum Hall (QH) regime is reflected in the fourfold degeneracy of graphene's Landau levels (LLs). Interactions and the Zeeman effect break such approximate symmetry and lift the corresponding degeneracy of the LLs. We study how the breaking of the approximate SU(4) symmetry affects the properties of graphene's QH edge modes located in proximity to a superconductor. We show how the lifting of the fourfold degeneracy qualitatively modifies the transport properties of the QH-superconductor heterojunction. For the zero LL, by placing the edge modes in proximity to a superconductor, it is, in principle, possible to realize a 1D topological superconductor supporting Majoranas in the presence of sufficiently strong Zeeman field. We estimate the topological gap of such a topological superconductor and relate it to the properties of the QH-superconductor interface.
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