Majorana corner states in an attractive quantum spin Hall insulator with opposite in-plane Zeeman energy at two sublattice sites

Abstract

Higher-order topological superconductors and superfluids host lower-dimensional Majorana corner and hinge states since novel topology exhibitions on boundaries. While such topological nontrivial phases have been explored extensively, more possible schemes are necessary for engineering Majorana states. In this paper we propose Majorana corner states could be realized in a two-dimensional attractive quantum spin-Hall insulator with opposite in-plane Zeeman energy at two sublattice sites. The appropriate Zeeman field leads to the opposite Dirac mass for adjacent edges of a square sample, and naturally induce Majorana corner states. This topological phase can be characterized by Majorana edge polarizations, and it is robust against perturbations on random potentials as long as the edge gap remains open. Our work provides a new possibility to realize a second-order topological superfluid in two dimensions and engineer Majorana corner states.

8 pages, 5 figures

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