Topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions in half-metal / superconductor heterostructure

Abstract

As a half-metal is spin-polarized at its Fermi level by definition, it was conventionally thought to have little proximity effect to an s-wave superconductor. Here we show that, with interface spin-orbit coupling, $p_x+i{p}_y$ superconductivity without spin degeneracy is induced on the half-metal, and we give an estimate of its bulk energy gap. Therefore a single-band half-metal can give us a topological superconductor with a single chiral Majorana edge state. Our band calculation shows that two atomic layers of VTe or CrO${}_2$ is a single-band half-metal for a wide range ($\sim$0.1eV) of Fermi energy and thus is a suitable candidate material.

7 pages, 4 figures

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