Fragility of surface states in topological superfluid 3He

P. J. Heikkinen; A. Casey; L. V. Levitin; X. Rojas; A. Vorontsov; P. Sharma; N. Zhelev; J. M. Parpia; J. Saunders

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21831-y

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Fragility of surface states in topological superfluid 3He

P. J. Heikkinen,
A. Casey,
L. V. Levitin,
X. Rojas,
A. Vorontsov,
P. Sharma,
N. Zhelev,
J. M. Parpia,
J. Saunders

Affiliations

P. J. Heikkinen: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
A. Casey: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
L. V. Levitin: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
X. Rojas: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
A. Vorontsov: Department of Physics, Montana State University
P. Sharma: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science
N. Zhelev: Department of Physics, Cornell University
J. M. Parpia: Department of Physics, Cornell University
J. Saunders: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21831-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Surface states in topological quantum matter are protected by their band structure. Here, on confined superfluid 3He as a model for topological superconductors, the authors report experimental evidence on the fragility of surface Andreev bound states with respect to the details of surface scattering.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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