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 ${\mathrm{UTe}}_{2}$.
Authors
- Piers Coleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-5245)
- Zekun Zhuang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-6515)
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
- Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.235148
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.68
Funders
- National Science Foundation