Gapless topological Fulde-Ferrell superfluidity induced by an in-plane Zeeman field

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dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysical Review Aen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber90en_US
dc.contributor.authorHu, Huien_US
dc.contributor.authorDong, Linen_US
dc.contributor.authorCao, Yeen_US
dc.contributor.authorPu, Hanen_US
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xia-Jien_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T18:53:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-06-01T18:53:01Zen_US
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractTopological superfluids are recently discovered quantum matter that hosts topologically protected gapless edge states known as Majorana fermions—exotic quantum particles that act as their own antiparticles and obey non-Abelian statistics. Their realizations are believed to lie at the heart of future technologies such as fault-tolerant quantum computation. To date, the most efficient scheme to create topological superfluids and Majorana fermions is based on the Sau-Lutchyn-Tewari-Das Sarma model with a Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling on the x-y plane and a large out-of-plane (perpendicular) Zeeman field along the z direction. Here we propose an alternative setup, where the topological superfluid phase is driven by applying an in-plane Zeeman field. This scheme offers a number of different features, notably Cooper pairings at finite center-of-mass momentum (i.e., Fulde-Ferrell pairing) and gapless excitations in the bulk. As a result, gapless topological quantum matter with an inhomogeneous pairing order parameter appears. It features unidirectional Majorana surface states at boundaries, which propagate in the same direction and connect two Weyl nodes in the bulk. We demonstrate the emergence of such exotic topological matter and the associated Majorana fermions in spin-orbit coupled atomic Fermi gases, and we determine its parameter space. The implementation of our scheme in semiconductor/superconductor heterostructures is briefly discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHu, Hui, Dong, Lin, Cao, Ye, et al.. "Gapless topological Fulde-Ferrell superfluidity induced by an in-plane Zeeman field." <i>Physical Review A,</i> 90, no. 3 (2014) American Physical Society: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.033624.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.033624en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/94757en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_US
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dc.titleGapless topological Fulde-Ferrell superfluidity induced by an in-plane Zeeman fielden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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