Higher-order topological superconductivity: possible realization in Fermi gases and Sr${}_2$RuO${}_4$

Abstract

We propose to realize second-order topological superconductivity in bilayer spin-polarized Fermi gas superfluids. We focus on systems with intralayer chiral $p$-wave pairing and with tunable interlayer hopping and interlayer interactions. Under appropriate circumstances, an interlayer even-parity $s$- or $d$-wave pairing may coexist with the intralayer $p$-wave. Our model supports localized Majorana zero modes not only at the corners of the system geometry, but also at the terminations of certain one-dimensional defects, such as lattice line defects and superfluid domain walls. We show how such topological phases and the Majorana zero modes therein can be manipulated in a multitude of ways by tuning the interlayer pairing and hopping. Generalized to spinful systems, we further propose that the putative $p$-wave superconductor Sr${}_2$RuO${}_4$, when subject to uniaxial strains, may also realize the desired topological phase.

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