Majorana states in helical Shiba chains and ladders

K Pöyhönen, A Westström, J Röntynen, T Ojanen - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Motivated by recent proposals to realize Majorana bound states in chains and arrays of
magnetic atoms deposited on top of a superconductor, we study the topological properties of …

A brief review on one-dimensional topological insulators and superconductors

HM Guo - Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 2016 - Springer
Recently one-dimensional topological phases are gaining increasing attentions. Like two-
and three-dimensional ones, Onedimensional systems are important in a complete …

Emerging topological bound states in Haldane model zigzag nanoribbons

S Traverso, M Sassetti, N Traverso Ziani - npj Quantum Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Zigzag nanoribbons hosting the Haldane Chern insulator model are considered. In this
context, a reentrant topological phase, characterized by the emergence of quasi zero …

Topological phases, edge modes, and the Hofstadter butterfly in coupled Su-Schrieffer-Heeger systems

K Padavić, SS Hegde, W DeGottardi, S Vishveshwara - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Motivated by recent experimental realizations of topological edge states in Su-Schrieffer-
Heeger (SSH) chains, we theoretically study a ladder system whose legs are comprised of …

Conductance signatures of odd-frequency superconductivity in quantum spin Hall systems using a quantum point contact

C Fleckenstein, NT Ziani, B Trauzettel - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Topological superconductors give rise to unconventional superconductivity, which is mainly
characterized by the symmetry of the superconducting pairing amplitude. However, since the …

Topological and nontopological features of generalized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger models

N Ahmadi, J Abouie, D Baeriswyl - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The (one-dimensional) Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Hamiltonian, augmented by spin-orbit coupling
and longer-range hop**, is studied at half filling for an even number of sites. The ground …

From fractional solitons to Majorana fermions in a paradigmatic model of topological superconductivity

NT Ziani, C Fleckenstein, L Vigliotti, B Trauzettel… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Majorana bound states are interesting candidates for applications in topological quantum
computation. Low-energy models allowing one to grasp their properties are hence …

Double-frequency Aharonov-Bohm effect and non-Abelian braiding properties of Jackiw-Rebbi zero-mode

Y Wu, H Liu, J Liu, H Jiang, XC **e - National science review, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ever since its first proposal in 1976, Jackiw-Rebbi zero-mode has been drawing extensive
attention for its charming properties including charge fractionalization, topologically …

Topological Josephson junction in superconducting Rashba wires

T Ojanen - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2013 - APS
In this Rapid Communication we show that Rashba-based topological superconductor
nanowires, where the spin-orbit coupling may change its sign, support three topological …

Time-resolved electrical detection of chiral edge vortex braiding

I Adagideli, F Hassler, A Grabsch, M Pacholski… - SciPost Physics, 2020 - scipost.org
Abstract A $\boldsymbol {2\pi} $ phase shift across a Josephson junction in a topological
superconductor injects vortices into the chiral edge modes at opposite ends of the junction …