Topological superconductivity in quantum Hall–superconductor hybrid systems
Björn Zocher, Bernd Rosenow
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.214504 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We develop a scenario to engineer a topological phase with Majorana edge states based on an integer quantum Hall (QH) system proximity coupled to a superconductor (SC). Due to the vortices in the SC order parameter, the SC–QH hybrid system is described by a Bloch problem with ten unpaired momenta, corresponding to the maxima and saddle points of the SC order parameter. For external potentials respecting the symmetry of the vortex lattice, the states with unpaired momenta have degeneracies such that the system always is in a trivial phase. However, an incommensurate potential can lift the degeneracies and drive the system into a topologically nontrivial phase.
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