Zero-energy vortex bound state in the superconducting topological surface state of Fe(Se,Te).


Journal

Nature materials
ISSN: 1476-4660
Titre abrégé: Nat Mater
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101155473

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Historique:
received: 20 12 2018
accepted: 08 05 2019
pubmed: 19 6 2019
medline: 19 6 2019
entrez: 19 6 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Majorana quasiparticles in condensed matter are important for topological quantum computing

Identifiants

pubmed: 31209388
doi: 10.1038/s41563-019-0397-1
pii: 10.1038/s41563-019-0397-1
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

811-815

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Auteurs

T Machida (T)

RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Japan. tadashi.machida@riken.jp.

Y Sun (Y)

Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Chuou-ku, Sagamihara, Japan.

S Pyon (S)

Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.

S Takeda (S)

Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

Y Kohsaka (Y)

RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Japan.

T Hanaguri (T)

RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Japan. hanaguri@riken.jp.

T Sasagawa (T)

Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

T Tamegai (T)

Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.

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