The search for topological superconductors (TSCs) is one of the most urgent contemporary
problems in condensed matter systems. TSCs are characterized by a full superconducting …

A topological insulator film coupled to a simple isotropic s-wave superconductor substrate
can foster helical pairing of the Dirac fermions associated with the topological surface states …

We develop an accurate nanoelectronic modeling approach for realistic three-dimensional
topological insulator nanostructures and investigate their low-energy surface-state spectrum …

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) have been predicted to exist in a topological insulator
(TI)/superconductor (SC) heterostructure. A recent spin-polarized scanning tunneling …

Proximity‐induced superconductivity in hybrid devices of topological insulators and
superconductors offers a promising platform for the pursuit of elusive topological …

Experiments on planar Josephson-junction architectures have recently been shown to
provide an alternative way of creating topological superconductors hosting accessible …

Topological insulator (TI) nanoribbons with proximity-induced superconductivity are a
promising platform for Majorana bound states (MBSs). In this work, we consider a detailed …

We theoretically study self-consistent proximity effects in finite-sized systems consisting of
ferromagnet (F) layers coupled to an s-wave superconductor (S). We consider both SF 1 F 2 …

Interfacing a topological insulator (TI) with an $ s $-wave superconductor (SC) is a promising
material platform that offers the possibility to realize a topological superconductor through …

Introducing spatially tunable interactions to atomic Fermi gases makes it feasible to study
two phenomena, the proximity effect and spatial Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM), in a unified …