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Dislocation Majorana bound states in iron-based superconductors

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  • Lun-Hui Hu

    (The University of Tennessee
    The University of Tennessee
    Zhejiang University)

  • Rui-Xing Zhang

    (The University of Tennessee
    The University of Tennessee
    The University of Tennessee)

Abstract

We show that lattice dislocations of topological iron-based superconductors such as FeTe1−xSex will intrinsically trap non-Abelian Majorana quasiparticles, in the absence of any external magnetic field. Our theory is motivated by the recent experimental observations of normal-state weak topology and surface magnetism that coexist with superconductivity in FeTe1−xSex, the combination of which naturally achieves an emergent second-order topological superconductivity in a two-dimensional subsystem spanned by screw or edge dislocations. This exemplifies a new embedded higher-order topological phase in class D, where Majorana zero modes appear around the “corners” of a low-dimensional embedded subsystem, instead of those of the full crystal. A nested domain wall theory is developed to understand the origin of these defect Majorana zero modes. When the surface magnetism is absent, we further find that s± pairing symmetry itself is capable of inducing a different type of class-DIII embedded higher-order topology with defect-bound Majorana Kramers pairs. We also provide detailed discussions on the real-world material candidates for our proposals, including FeTe1−xSex, LiFeAs, β-PdBi2, and heterostructures of bismuth, etc. Our work establishes lattice defects as a new venue to achieve high-temperature topological quantum information processing.

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  • Lun-Hui Hu & Rui-Xing Zhang, 2024. "Dislocation Majorana bound states in iron-based superconductors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-46618-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46618-9
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