Majorana corner states on the dice lattice

Mohanta, Narayan; Soni, Rahul; Okamoto, Satoshi; Dagotto, Elbio

doi:10.1038/s42005-023-01356-0

Majorana corner states on the dice lattice

Journal Article · Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Communications Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01356-0· OSTI ID:2001379

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (India)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Lattice geometry continues providing exotic topological phases in condensed matter physics. Exciting recent examples are the higher-order topological phases, manifesting via localized lower-dimensional boundary states. Moreover, flat electronic bands with a non-trivial topology arise in various lattices and can hold a finite superfluid density, bounded by the Chern number C. Here we consider attractive interaction in the dice lattice that hosts flat bands with C = ± 2 and show that the induced superconducting state exhibits a second-order topological phase with mixed singlet-triplet pairing. The second-order nature of the topological superconducting phase is revealed by the zero-energy Majorana bound states at the lattice corners. Hence, the topology of the normal state dictates the nature of the Majorana localization. These findings suggest that flat bands with a higher Chern number provide feasible platforms for inducing higher-order topological superconductivity.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2001379

Journal Information:: Communications Physics, Journal Name: Communications Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2399-3650

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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