Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Journal Club
Talk Details
Title | Odd-Parity Topological Superconductors: Theory and Application to CuxBi2Se3 |
Speaker | Kusum Dhochak |
Date | Wed, 10 Aug 2011 |
Time | 14:30 |
Venue | A 304 |
Abstract
Topological superconductors have a full pairing gap in the bulk and gapless surface Andreev bound states. In this paper, we provide a sufficient criterion for realizing time-reversal-invariant topological superconductors in centrosymmetric superconductors with odd-parity pairing. We next study the pairing symmetry of the newly discovered superconductor CuxBi2Se3 within a two-orbital model, and find that a novel spin-triplet pairing with odd parity is favored by strong spin-orbit coupling. Based on our criterion, we propose that CuxBi2Se3 is a good candidate for a topological superconductor. We close by discussing experimental signatures of this new topological phase.
Reference: Liang Fu and Erez Berg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 097001 (2010)