Spin-orbit coupling and proximity effects in metallic carbon nanotubes

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关键词: MAJORANA FERMIONS;    ONE-DIMENSION;    TRANSITION;    INSULATOR;    ELECTRONS;    LIQUID;    CHAIN;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.92.115147

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We study the spin-orbit coupling in metallic carbon nanotubes (CNTs) within the many-body Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid framework. For a well-defined subclass of metallic CNTs, that contains both achiral zigzag as well as a subset of chiral tubes, an effective low-energy field theory description is derived. We aim to describe systems at finite dopings, but close to the charge neutrality point (commensurability). A new regime is identified where the spin-orbit coupling leads to an inverted hierarchy of minigaps of bosonic modes. We then add a proximity coupling to a superconducting (SC) substrate and show that the only order parameter that is supported within the spin-orbit induced phase is a topologically trivial s-SC.

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