Topologically protected flat zero-energy surface bands in non-centrosymmetric superconductors

Details Topologically protected flat zero-energy surface bands in non-centrosymmetric superconductors Topologically protected flat zero-energy surface bands in non-centrosymmetric superconductors

2011-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/1104.2257v1

Phys. Rev. B 84, 020501(R) (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.020501

Nodal non-centrosymmetric superconductors (NCS) have recently been shown to be topologically non-trivial. An important consequence is the existence of topologically protected flat zero-energy surface bands, which are related to the topological characteristics of the line nodes of the bulk gap via a bulk-boundary correspondence [Schnyder and Ryu, arXiv:1011.1438]. In this paper we examine these zero-energy surface bands using a quasiclassical theory. We determine their spectrum and derive a general condition for their existence in terms of the sign change of the gap functions. A key experimental signature of the zero-energy surface bands is a zero-bias peak in the tunneling conductance, which depends strongly on the surface orientation. This can be used as a fingerprint of a topologically non-trivial NCS.

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