Unconventional superconductivity on a topological insulator

Details Unconventional superconductivity on a topological insulator Unconventional superconductivity on a topological insulator

2009-11-19

arxiv.org/abs/0911.3918v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 067001 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

We study proximity-induced superconductivity on the surface of a topological insulator (TI), focusing on unconventional pairing. We find that the excitation spectrum becomes gapless for any spin-triplet pairing, such that both subgap bound states and Andreev reflection is strongly suppressed. For spin-singlet pairing, the zero-energy surface state in the $d_{xy}$-wave case becomes a Majorana fermion, in contrast to the situation realized in the topologically trivial high-$T_c$ cuprates. We also study the influence of a Zeeman field on the surface states. Both the magnitude and direction of this field is shown to strongly influence the transport properties, in contrast to the case without TI. We predict an experimental signature of the Majorana states via conductance spectroscopy.

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