Spontaneous Vortex-Antivortex Lattice and Majorana Fermions in Rhombohedral Graphene
The discovery of superconducting states in multilayer rhombohedral graphene with spin and valley polarization [1] has raised an interesting question: how does superconductivity cope with time-reversal symmetry breaking? In this Letter, using Ginzburg-Landau theory and microscopic calculation, we predict the existence of a new superconducting state at low electron density, which exhibits a spontaneously formed lattice of vortices and antivortices hosting Majorana zero modes in their cores. We further identify this vortex-antivortex lattice state in the experimental phase diagram and describe its experimental manifestations.
Authors
- Daniele Guerci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1735)
- Filippo Gaggioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9460-1004)
- Liang Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-1017)
Institutions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/k8sb-rqxf
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.23