Topological superconductivity from transverse optical phonons in oxide heterostructures
Minseong Lee, Hyun-Jae Lee, Jun Hee Lee, Suk Bum Chung
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.034202 · Physical Review Materials
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Abstract
At its boundaries and vortices, a topological superconductor features Majorana fermions, which are potentially applicable for topological quantum computations. The scarcity of the known experimentally verified physical systems with topological superconductivity, time-reversal invariant ones in particular, is giving rise to a strong demand for identifying new candidate materials. In this research, we study a heterostructure consisting of a transition-metal-oxide two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) sandwiched by insulators near the paraelectric/ferroelectric (PE/FE) phase transition. Its relevant characteristics are the combination of the transition-metal spin-orbit coupling and the soft odd-parity phonons arising from the ferroelectric fluctuation; it gives rise to the fluctuating Rashba effect, which can mediate the pairing interaction for time-reversal invariant topological superconductivity. As the PE/FE phase transition can be driven by applying strain on the heterostructure, this system provides a tunable electron-phonon coupling. Through the first-principle calculations on the (001) [BaOsO3][BaTiO3]4, we find such electron-phonon coupling to be strong over a wide range of applied tensile biaxial strain in the monolayer BaOsO3 sandwiched between the (001) BaTiO3, hence qualifying it as a good candidate material. Furthermore, the stability of topological superconductivity in this material is enhanced by its orbital physics that gives rise to the anisotropic dispersion.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| BaOsO3 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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