Topological superconductivity in a spin-orbit coupled Kondo lattice

We consider the effect of spin-orbit coupling on a two-dimensional Kondo Lattice model, in which conduction electrons are antiferromagnetically coupled to a Yao-Lee spin liquid. When a Rashba spin-orbit interaction and a nearest-neighbor Kondo interaction is introduced, the low-energy Majorana bands become gapped and develop Chern numbers, protecting unidirectionally propagating Majorana edge modes. Our model describes a chiral topological superconductor with fractionalized charge-$e$ order parameter and spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry, which may be of interest for certain heavy fermion superconductors, such as ${\mathrm{UTe}}_{2}$.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Published
2024-12-23
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.235148
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2
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Topological Materials and Phenomena
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0.68

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Abstract

We consider the effect of spin-orbit coupling on a two-dimensional Kondo Lattice model, in which conduction electrons are antiferromagnetically coupled to a Yao-Lee spin liquid. When a Rashba spin-orbit interaction and a nearest-neighbor Kondo interaction is introduced, the low-energy Majorana bands become gapped and develop Chern numbers, protecting unidirectionally propagating Majorana edge modes. Our model describes a chiral topological superconductor with fractionalized charge-$e$ order parameter and spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry, which may be of interest for certain heavy fermion superconductors, such as ${\mathrm{UTe}}_{2}$.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 110(23)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US), Royal Holloway University of London (GB), Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (NL)
National Science Foundation
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