# Platform of chiral Majorana edge modes and its quantum transport   phenomena

**Authors:** James Jun He, Tian Liang, Yukio Tanaka, Naoto Nagaosa

arXiv: 1901.04635 · 2021-10-01

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a heterostructure-based method to realize two-dimensional topological superconductors hosting chiral Majorana edge modes, with potential experimental detection via Josephson junctions and implications for multiple edge modes with unconventional superconductors.

## Contribution

It introduces a feasible heterostructure model for 2D topological superconductors with chiral Majorana modes, including experimental detection strategies and the possibility of multiple modes with unconventional superconductors.

## Key findings

- Existence of a topological phase with a single chiral Majorana edge mode in realistic parameters.
- Proposed experimental setup using a Josephson junction to detect Majorana modes.
- Multiple chiral Majorana edge modes can emerge with unconventional superconductors.

## Abstract

We propose a method to create two-dimensional topological superconductors with a heterostructure of ferromagnet (FM), topological insulator (TI) thin film and superconductor, in which the two surfaces of the TI thin film are treated as a two-dimensional system. One of surfaces is superconducting due to proximity effect and the other feels an exchange field from the FM. We show that there is a topological phase with single chiral Majorana edge mode that exists in readily achievable parameter regions and does not require magnetization to be small. An experimental setup is proposed based on our model to uniquely determine the existence of Majorana chiral modes using a Josephson junction. Also, we show that multiple chiral Majorana edge modes may appear when unconventional superconductors are used.

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