Jiang Hong-Min, Shang Jing-Long, Hu Ling-Zhi
J Phys Condens Matter. 2019 Jul 24;31(29):295602. doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab1703. Epub 2019 Apr 8.
By self-consistently solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations, we investigate the superconductivity, the magnetization and the local density-of-state (DOS) of the Ising superconductor. The calculations show that the Ising spin orbital coupling is responsible for the anisotropic behaviors of the Ising superconductor in response to the external magnetic field. In the absence of the magnetic impurities, only opposite spin triplet superconducting (SC) pairing correlations can be induced from the intrinsic on-site singlet SC pairing. The equal spin triplet SC correlations can be induced when a magnetic impurity chain with in-plane spin direction is deposited on the Ising superconductor. The chain could support a pair of Majorana Fermions, which are originated from the induced 1-dimensional equal spin triplet SC pairing correlations. The local DOS for the Majorana Fermion states exhibits an excellent agreement with the experimental observations. The low energy spectrum as a function of the exchange coupling strength forms two hourglass shapes. The waist of the hourglass may serves as a boundary to separate the zero energy crossings of the two lowest energy levels into topologically trivial and non-trivial quantum states. These results not only account for the experimental observations in a realistic way, but also clarify several important questions in the studies of the Ising superconductors.
通过自洽求解博戈留波夫 - 德热纳方程,我们研究了伊辛超导体的超导性、磁化强度和局域态密度(DOS)。计算结果表明,伊辛自旋轨道耦合是导致伊辛超导体在外部磁场作用下呈现各向异性行为的原因。在没有磁性杂质的情况下,仅能从本征在位单重态超导配对中诱导出相反自旋的三重态超导(SC)配对关联。当在伊辛超导体上沉积一条具有面内自旋方向的磁性杂质链时,可诱导出等自旋三重态SC关联。该链可支持一对马约拉纳费米子,它们源自诱导出的一维等自旋三重态SC配对关联。马约拉纳费米子态的局域态密度与实验观测结果表现出极佳的一致性。作为交换耦合强度函数的低能谱形成两个沙漏形状。沙漏的腰部可作为一个边界,将两个最低能级的零能量交叉点分隔为拓扑平凡和非平凡的量子态。这些结果不仅以现实的方式解释了实验观测结果,还澄清了伊辛超导体研究中的几个重要问题。