Sea of Majorana fermions from pseudo-scalar superconducting order in three dimensional Dirac materials

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作者
Salehi, Morteza [1 ]
Jafari, S. A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Sharif Univ Technol, Dept Phys, Tehran 111559161, Iran
[2] Univ Duisburg Essen, Theoret Phys, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany
来源
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2017年 / 7卷
关键词
TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; STATES;
D O I
10.1038/s41598-017-07298-2
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We suggest that spin-singlet pseudo-scalar s-wave superconducting pairing creates a two dimensional sea of Majorana fermions on the surface of three dimensional Dirac superconductors (3DDS). This pseudo-scalar superconducting order parameter Delta(5), in competition with scalar Dirac mass m, leads to a topological phase transition due to band inversion. We find that a perfect Andreev-Klein reflection is guaranteed by presence of anomalous Andreev reflection along with the conventional one. This effect manifests itself in a resonant peak of the differential conductance. Furthermore, Josephson current of the Delta(5)|m|Delta(5) junction in the presence of anomalous Andreev reflection is fractional with 4 pi period. Our finding suggests another search area for condensed matter realization of Majorana fermions which are beyond the vortex-core of p-wave superconductors. The required Delta(5) pairing can be extrinsically induced by a conventional s-wave superconductor into a three dimensional Dirac material (3DDM).
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