Randomly Sprinkled Magnetic Atoms on a Superconducting Surface May Give Rise to a Topological Superc (IMAGE)

Aalto University

Randomly Sprinkled Magnetic Atoms on a Superconducting Surface May Give Rise to a Topological Superc

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Randomly sprinkled magnetic atoms (red arrows) on a superconducting surface may give rise to a topological superconducting phase. Inset: The onset of the topological phase is signaled by the appearance of so-called Majorana edge mode encircling the system.

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Teemu Ojanen

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