Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-11-05
Phys. Rev. B 84, 060504(R) (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
8 pages, 5 figures; corrected typos; added references; updated figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.060504
We examine different topological phases in three-dimensional non-centrosymmetric superconductors with time-reversal symmetry by using three different types of topological invariants. Due to the bulk boundary correspondence, a non-zero value of any of these topological numbers indicates the appearance of zero-energy Andreev surface states. We find that some of these boundary modes in nodal superconducting phases are dispersionless, i.e., they form a topologically protected flat band. The region where the zero-energy flat band appears in the surface Brillouin zone is determined by the projection of the nodal lines in the bulk onto the surface. These dispersionless Andreev surface bound states have many observable consequences, in particular, a zero-bias conductance peak in tunneling measurements. We also find that in the gapless phase there appear Majorana surface modes at time-reversal invariant momenta which are protected by a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological invariant.
Ryu Shinsei
Schnyder Andreas P.
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