Topological phase transitions and a two-dimensional Weyl superconductor in a half-metal/superconductor heterostructure
Lei Hao, C. S. Ting
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.134513 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We find a series of topological phase transitions in a half-metal/superconductor heterostructure, by tuning the direction of the magnetization of the half-metal film. These include transitions between a topological superconducting phase with a bulk gap and another phase without a bulk gap but with a ubiquitous local gap. At the same time, the edge states change from counterpropagating Majorana edge modes to unidirectional Majorana edge modes. In addition, we find transitions between the second phase and a nodal phase which turns out to be a two-dimensional Weyl superconductor with Fermi line edge states. We identify the topological invariants relevant to each phase and the symmetry that protects the Weyl superconductivity phase.
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