Floquet second-order topological superconductor driven via ferromagnetic resonance

Kirill Plekhanov, Manisha Thakurathi, Daniel Loss, Jelena Klinovaja

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Abstract

We consider a Floquet triple-layer setup composed of a two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit interactions, proximity coupled to an s-wave superconductor and to a ferromagnet driven at resonance. The ferromagnetic layer generates a time-oscillating Zeeman field which competes with the induced superconducting gap and leads to a topological phase transition. The resulting Floquet states support a second-order topological superconducting phase with a pair of localized zero-energy Floquet Majorana corner states. Moreover, the phase diagram comprises a Floquet helical topological superconductor, hosting a Kramers pair of Majorana edge modes protected by an effective time-reversal symmetry, as well as a gapless Floquet Weyl phase. The topological phases are stable against disorder as well as against parameter variations and are within experimental reach.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032013
JournalPhysical Review Research
Volume1
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes

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© 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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