Direction and symmetry transition of the vector order parameter in topological superconductors Cu


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
13 Jan 2020
Historique:
received: 05 04 2019
accepted: 18 12 2019
entrez: 15 1 2020
pubmed: 15 1 2020
medline: 15 1 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Topological superconductors have attracted wide-spreading interests for the bright application perspectives to quantum computing. Cu

Identifiants

pubmed: 31932585
doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-14126-w
pii: 10.1038/s41467-019-14126-w
pmc: PMC6957487
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

235

Subventions

Organisme : MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
ID : JP16H04016

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Auteurs

T Kawai (T)

Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.

C G Wang (CG)

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, 100190, Beijing, China.
School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.

Y Kandori (Y)

Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.

Y Honoki (Y)

Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.

K Matano (K)

Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.

T Kambe (T)

Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.

Guo-Qing Zheng (GQ)

Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan. gqzheng123@gmail.com.
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, 100190, Beijing, China. gqzheng123@gmail.com.

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