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Wenk, Paul ; Grifoni, Milena ; Schliemann, John

Topological transitions in two-dimensional Floquet superconductors

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Wenk, Paul , Grifoni, Milena and Schliemann, John (2022) Topological transitions in two-dimensional Floquet superconductors. Phys. Rev. B 106, p. 134508.

DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.53526


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We demonstrate the occurrence of a topological phase transition induced by an effective magnetic field in a two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit coupling and in proximity to an s-wave superconductor. The effective, perpendicular magnetic field is generated by an in plane, off-resonant ac-magnetic field or by circularly polarized light. The conditions for entering the topological phase do ...

We demonstrate the occurrence of a topological phase transition induced by an effective magnetic field in a two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit coupling and in proximity to an s-wave superconductor. The effective, perpendicular magnetic field is generated by an in plane, off-resonant ac-magnetic field or by circularly polarized light. The conditions for entering the topological phase do not rely on fine parameter tuning: For fixed frequency, one requires a minimal amplitude of the effective field which can be evaluated analytically. In this phase, chiral edge states generally emerge for a system in stripe geometry unless the Rashba and Dresselhaus coupling have the same magnitude. In this special case, for magnetic field driving the edge states become Majorana flat bands, due to the presence of a chiral symmetry; the light irradiated system is a trivial superconductor.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhys. Rev. B
PublisherAMER PHYSICAL SOC
Open Access TypeDue to SHERPA/RoMEO
Place of PublicationCOLLEGE PK
Volume106
Page Rangep. 134508
DateOctober 2022
Date of publication12 Jan 2023 14:09
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Grifoni > Group Milena Grifoni
Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Grifoni > Group John Schliemann
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10.1103/PhysRevB.106.134508DOI
KeywordsQUANTUM; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-535269
Item ID53526

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