• 文献标题:   Strain manipulation of Majorana fermions in graphene armchair nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG ZH, CASTRO EV, LIN HQ
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Computat Sci Res Ctr
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.97.041414
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons with armchair edges are studied for externally enhanced but realistic parameter values: enhanced Rashba spin-orbit coupling due to proximity to a transition-metal dichalcogenide, such as WS2, and enhanced Zeeman field due to exchange coupling with a magnetic insulator, such as EuS under an applied magnetic field. The presence of s-wave superconductivity, induced either by proximity or by decoration with alkali-metal atoms, such as Ca or Li, leads to a topological superconducting phase with Majorana end modes. The topological phase is highly sensitive to the application of uniaxial strain with a transition to the trivial state above a critical strain well below 0.1%. This sensitivity allows for real-space manipulation of Majorana fermions by applying nonuniform strain profiles. Similar manipulation is also possible by applying an inhomogeneous Zeeman field or chemical potential.