Topological Phases in InAs${}_{1-x}$Sb${}_x$: From Novel Topological Semimetal to Majorana Wire

Abstract

Superconductor proximitized one-dimensional semiconductor nanowires with strong spin-orbit interaction (SOI) are at this time the most promising candidates for the realization of topological quantum information processing. In current experiments the SOI originates predominantly from extrinsic fields, induced by finite size effects and applied gate voltages. The dependence of the topological transition in these devices on microscopic details makes scaling to a large number of devices difficult unless a material with dominant intrinsic bulk SOI is used. Here we show that wires made of certain ordered alloys InAs${}_{1-x}$Sb${}_x$ have spin-splittings up to 20 times larger than those reached in pristine InSb wires. In particular, we show this for a stable ordered CuPt-structure at $x=0.5$, which has an inverted band ordering and realizes a novel type of a topological semimetal with triple degeneracy points in the bulk spectrum that produce topological surface Fermi arcs. Experimentally achievable strains can drive this compound either into a topological insulator phase, or restore the normal band ordering making the CuPt-ordered InAs${}_{0.5}$Sb${}_{0.5}$ a semiconductor with a large intrinsic linear in $k$ bulk spin splitting.

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