Aspects of topological superconductivity in 2D systems: noncollinear magnetism, skyrmions, and higher-order topology

AO Zlotnikov, MS Shustin, AD Fedoseev - Journal of Superconductivity …, 2021 - Springer
The review is aimed at highlighting the aspects of topological superconductivity in the
absence of spin–orbit interaction in two-dimensional systems with long-range noncollinear …

[HTML][HTML] Superconductivity and interfaces

J Maggiora, X Wang, R Zheng - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
The interfaces between superconductors and other materials have long been established as
being an important part in the exploration of new physics to aid in our understanding of …

Steering Majorana braiding via skyrmion-vortex pairs: A scalable platform

J Nothhelfer, SA Díaz, S Kessler, T Meng, M Rizzi… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Majorana zero modes are quasiparticles that hold promise as building blocks for topological
quantum computing. However, the litmus test for their detection, the observation of exotic …

Majorana bound states with chiral magnetic textures

U Güngördü, AA Kovalev - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The aim of this Tutorial is to give a pedagogical introduction into realizations of Majorana
fermions, usually termed as Majorana bound states (MBSs), in condensed matter systems …

Mesoscale phase separation of skyrmion-vortex matter in chiral-magnet–superconductor heterostructures

JF Neto, CCS Silva - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We investigate theoretically the equilibrium configurations of many magnetic skyrmions
interacting with many superconducting vortices in a superconductor–chiral-magnet bilayer …

Higher-order magnetic skyrmions in nonuniform magnetic fields

MS Shustin, VA Stepanenko, DM Dzebisashvili - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
For a two-dimensional Hubbard model with spin-orbit Rashba coupling in external magnetic
field the structure of effective spin interactions is studied in the regime of strong electron …

Repulsion of a Néel-type skyrmion from a Pearl vortex in thin ferromagnet–superconductor heterostructures

ES Andriyakhina, S Apostoloff, IS Burmistrov - JETP Letters, 2022 - Springer
In this paper we study repulsion of a Néel-type skyrmion in a chiral ferromagnetic film from a
superconducting Pearl vortex due to the stray fields. Taking into account an effect of the …

Effective interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and skyrmion stabilization in ferromagnet/paramagnet and ferromagnet/superconductor hybrid systems

MA Kuznetsov, KR Mukhamatchin, AA Fraerman - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
It is shown that a term in the form of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) contributes to
the free energy of a ferromagnetic (FM) film on a paramagnetic (PM)(an FM above the critical …

Deformation of a Néel-type skyrmion in a weak inhomogeneous magnetic field: Magnetization Ansatz and interaction with a Pearl vortex

SS Apostoloff, ES Andriyakhina, IS Burmistrov - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
In this work, we develop a theory of (meta) stable states of Néel-type skyrmions in weak
nonuniform magnetic fields. We claim an Ansatz for modeling the nonsymmetric …

Chirality inversion and radius blowup of a Néel-type skyrmion by a Pearl vortex

SS Apostoloff, ES Andriyakhina, PA Vorobyev… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We develop a theory for the coaxial configuration of a Néel-type skyrmion and a Pearl vortex
in thin superconductor-chiral ferromagnetic heterostructures. Using an exact numerical …