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arxiv: 1810.12963 · v2 · pith:AGIT5MSCnew · submitted 2018-10-30 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con

Three-dimensional superconductors with hybrid higher order topology

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keywords superconductorshigherhingehybridmajoranamodesordertopology
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We consider three dimensional superconductors in class DIII with a four-fold rotation axis and inversion symmetry. It is shown that such systems can exhibit higher order topology with helical Majorana hinge modes. In the case of even-parity superconductors we show that higher order topological superconductors can be obtained by adding a small pairing with the appropriate $C_4$ symmetry implementation to a topological insulator. We also show that a hybrid case is possible, where Majorana surface cones resulting from non-trivial strong topology coexist with helical hinge modes. We propose a bulk invariant detecting this hybrid scenario, and numerically analyse a tight binding model exhibiting both Majorana cones and hinge modes.

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