Skyrmion spin texture in ferromagnetic semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures

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关键词: SINGLE DIRAC CONE;    TOPOLOGICAL-INSULATOR;    MAJORANA FERMIONS;    NANOWIRE;    SIGNATURE;    PHASE;    GAP;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.89.134518

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We provide a derivation of a spin Skyrmion number classification for two-dimensional topological superconductors constructed from ferromagnetic and Rashba spin-orbit coupled semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. We show that in the nontrivial topological phase, characterized by a nonzero Chern number, there is always a topological spin texture in the occupied bands represented by a Skyrmion number. The Skyrmion number has the advantage of being both physically intuitive and directly measurable using spin-sensitive band structure imaging techniques. In addition, we show that the Skyrmion classification can be extended to the equivalent one-dimensional topological superconductors.

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