Topological superconductivity on a kagome magnet coupled to a Rashba superconductor

TL;DR

This paper explores how coupling a kagome magnet with chiral magnetic order to a Rashba superconductor can induce topological superconductivity, overcoming limitations of ordinary s-wave superconductors, and analyzes the resulting topological phases and magnetic effects.

Contribution

It demonstrates that proximity to a Rashba superconductor induces topological superconducting phases in kagome magnets with chiral order, revealing new pathways for topological quantum states.

Findings

Topological superconducting phases with odd Chern numbers are realized.

Chiral central charge matches predictions from modular commutator calculations.

Magnetic ordering is energetically influenced by the proximity effect.

Abstract

A quantum anomalous Hall system is predicted to realize topological superconductivity when proximity-coupled to an $s$-wave superconductor. A kagome magnet with chiral magnetic ordering exhibits the quantum anomalous Hall effect; however, superconducting proximity to an ordinary $s$-wave superconductor fails to induce pairing in the strong exchange coupling limit. In this work, we demonstrate that proximity coupling to a Rashba superconductor gives rise to topological superconducting phases characterized by odd Bogoliubov-de Gennes Chern numbers. We confirmed their consistency with the chiral central charge calculated based on the modular commutator. We also show that the magnetic ordering of kagome magnets is affected energetically by the proximity effect.