Topological phenomena at defects in acoustic, photonic and solid-state lattices

ZK Lin, Q Wang, Y Liu, H Xue, B Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
There are two prominent applications of the mathematical concept of topology to the physics
of materials: band topology, which classifies different topological insulators and semimetals …

Topological thermal transport

Z Liu, P **, M Lei, C Wang, F Marchesoni… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Thermal transport is a fundamental mechanism of energy transfer process quite distinct from
wave propagation phenomena. It can be manipulated well beyond the possibilities offered …

Signatures of hybridization of multiple Majorana zero modes in a vortex

T Liu, CY Wan, H Yang, Y Zhao, B **e, W Zheng, Z Yi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are emergent zero-energy topological quasiparticles that are
their own antiparticles,. Detected MZMs are spatially separated and electrically neutral, so …

Dirac-fermion-assisted interfacial superconductivity in epitaxial topological-insulator/iron-chalcogenide heterostructures

H Yi, LH Hu, YF Zhao, LJ Zhou, ZJ Yan, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Over the last decade, the possibility of realizing topological superconductivity (TSC) has
generated much excitement. TSC can be created in electronic systems where the …

Non-Abelian gauge field in optics

Q Yan, Z Wang, D Wang, R Ma, C Lu, G Ma… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Non-Abelian optics has emerged as a promising research field with the potential to
revolutionize our understanding of light–matter interactions and enable new applications in …

Realizing tunable higher-order topological superconductors with altermagnets

YX Li - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We propose a method for realizing tunable higher-order topological superconductors (TSCs)
by coupling class DIII TSCs with recently discovered altermagnets exhibiting nonrelativistic …

Majorana zero modes induced by the Meissner effect at small magnetic field

XH Pan, L Chen, DE Liu, FC Zhang, X Liu - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
One key difficulty in realizing Majorana zero modes (MZMs) is the required high magnetic
field, which causes serious issues, eg, shrinks the superconducting gap, reduces topological …

Superconductivity in the High‐Entropy Ceramics Ti0.2Zr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2Cx with Possible Nontrivial Band Topology

L Zeng, X Hu, Y Zhou, M Boubeche, R Guo… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Topological superconductors have drawn significant interest from the scientific community
due to the accompanying Majorana fermions. Here, the discovery of electronic structure and …

Two-dimensional superconductors with intrinsic p-wave pairing or nontrivial band topology

W Qin, J Gao, P Cui, Z Zhang - Science China Physics, Mechanics & …, 2023 - Springer
Over the past fifteen years, tremendous efforts have been devoted to realizing topological
superconductivity in realistic materials and systems, predominately propelled by their …

Competing vortex topologies in iron-based superconductors

LH Hu, X Wu, CX Liu, RX Zhang - Physical review letters, 2022 - APS
In this Letter, we establish a new theoretical paradigm for vortex Majorana physics in the
recently discovered topological iron-based superconductors (TFeSCs). While TFeSCs are …