Chain of Majorana States from Superconducting Dirac Fermions at a Magnetic DomainWall

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Abstract

We study theoretically a strongly type-II s-wave superconducting state of two-dimensional Dirac fermions in proximity to a ferromagnet having in-plane magnetization. It is shown that a magnetic domain wall can host a chain of equally spaced vortices in the superconducting order parameter, each of which binds a Majorana-fermion state. The overlap integral of neighboring Majorana states is sensitive to the position of the chemical potential of the Dirac fermions. Thermal transport and scanning tunneling microscopy experiments to probe the Majorana fermions are discussed.

Authors

  • Titus Neupert

    Condensed Matter Theory Group, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

  • Shigeki Onoda

    Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan, RIKEN, Japan, Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN

  • Akira Furusaki

    Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan, Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan, Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN, RIKEN - Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory