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Emergent topological superconductivity in skyrmion magnet/d-wave superconductor heterostructures |
| Zhi-Jian Li(李志坚) and Qiang Han(韩强)† |
| Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China |
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Abstract The interplay of superconductivity with non-trivial magnetic textures is a promising route toward the engineering of topological superconductivity and Majorana quasiparticles. In this paper, we demonstrate the realization of topological superconductivity in a d-wave superconductor coupled to a skyrmion lattice. Transitions between different topological phases can be induced by tuning the chemical potential and the magnetic exchange coupling. For intermediate-coupling strength, we unveil the formation of Chern bands of conduction electrons coupled to the magnetic skyrmions and present the emergence of an effective chiral p-wave pairing induced in the non-trivial Chern band. Majorana zero modes localized at the cores of the superconducting vortex lattice are revealed for topological superconducting phases with odd superconducting Chern numbers.
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Received: 05 January 2026
Revised: 14 February 2026
Accepted manuscript online: 03 March 2026
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PACS:
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74.45.+c
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(Proximity effects; Andreev reflection; SN and SNS junctions)
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75.70.Kw
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(Domain structure (including magnetic bubbles and vortices))
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74.20.Rp
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(Pairing symmetries (other than s-wave))
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| Fund: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 12474151, 92565103, and 12547101). D.-H.X. also acknowledges the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics (Grant No. 2024BNLCMPKF025) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2025CDJ-IAISYB-032). |
Corresponding Authors:
Qiang Han
E-mail: hanqiang@ruc.edu.cn
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Cite this article:
Zhi-Jian Li(李志坚) and Qiang Han(韩强) Emergent topological superconductivity in skyrmion magnet/d-wave superconductor heterostructures 2026 Chin. Phys. B 35 067403
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