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20202026
most citedEvidence of topological Shiba bands in artificial spin chains on superconductors

127 citations · 456 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cond-mat.supr-con2026

In-plane ferromagnetism-driven topological nodal-point superconductivity with tilted Weyl cones

Maciej Bazarnik, Levente Rózsa, Ioannis Ioannidis +11

The potential application of topological superconductivity in quantum transport and quantum information has fueled an intense investigation of hybrid materials with emergent electr…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Coexistence of topologically trivial and non-trivial Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bands in magnetic atomic chains on a superconductor

Bendegúz Nyári, Philip Beck, András Lászlóffy +7

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) have been proposed as a promising basis for Majorana qubits offering great potential for topological quantum computation. Such modes may form at the ends…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 10 cited

Search for large topological gaps in atomic spin chains on proximitized superconducting heavy metal layers

Philip Beck, Bendegúz Nyári, Lucas Schneider +7

One-dimensional systems comprising s-wave superconductivity with meticulously tuned magnetism and spin-orbit coupling can realize topologically gapped superconductors hosting Major…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 21 cited

Testing the topological nature of end states in antiferromagnetic atomic chains on superconductors

Lucas Schneider, Philip Beck, Levente Rózsa +3

Edge states forming at the boundaries of topologically non-trivial phases of matter are promising candidates for future device applications because of their stability against local…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Epitaxial growth of a two-dimensional topological insulator candidate: monolayer Si2Te2

Xiaochun Huang, Rui Xiong, Klara Volckaert +9

Hexagonal Si2Te2 monolayers (ML-Si2Te2) were predicted to show strain-dependent band-crossover between semiconducting and room-temperature quantum spin Hall phases. However, invest…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 11 cited

Systematic study of Mn atoms, artificial dimers and chains on superconducting Ta(110)

Philip Beck, Lucas Schneider, Roland Wiesendanger +1

Magnetic adatoms coupled to an -wave superconductor give rise to local bound states, so-called Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states. Focusing on the ultimate goal of tailoring chains of such…

cond-mat.supr-con2022

Effect of substrate spin-orbit coupling on the topological gap size of Shiba chains

Philip Beck, Lucas Schneider, Roland Wiesendanger +1

Realizing Majorana bound states in chains of magnetic impurities on -wave superconducting substrates relies on a fine tuning of the energy and hybridization of the single magnet…

cond-mat.supr-con2021

Structural and Superconducting Properties of Ultrathin Ir Films on Nb(110)

Philip Beck, Lucas Schneider, Lydia Bachmann +2

The ongoing quest for unambiguous signatures of topological superconductivity and Majorana modes in magnet-superconductor hybrid systems creates a high demand for suitable supercon…

cond-mat.supr-con2021

Majorana modes with side features in magnet-superconductor hybrid systems

Daniel Crawford, Eric Mascot, Makoto Shimizu +6

Magnet-superconductor hybrid (MSH) systems represent promising platforms to host Majorana zero modes (MZMs), the elemental building blocks for fault-tolerant quantum computers. The…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 127 cited

Evidence of topological Shiba bands in artificial spin chains on superconductors

Lucas Schneider, Philip Beck, Thore Posske +5

A major challenge in developing topological superconductors for implementing topological quantum computing is their characterization and control. It has been proposed that a p-wave…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 116 cited

Controlled length-dependent interaction of Majorana modes in Yu-Shiba-Rusinov chains

Lucas Schneider, Philip Beck, Jannis Neuhaus-Steinmetz +3

Magnetic atoms on superconductors induce localized Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound states. The proposal that topological superconductivity and Majorana modes can be engineered in arra…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 71 cited

Spin-orbit coupling induced splitting of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in antiferromagnetic dimers

Philip Beck, Lucas Schneider, Levente Rózsa +5

Magnetic atoms coupled to the Cooper pairs of a superconductor induce Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states (in short Shiba states). In the presence of sufficiently strong spin-orbit coupling, t…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 66 cited

Atomic-scale spin-polarization maps using functionalized superconducting probes

Lucas Schneider, Philip Beck, Jens Wiebe +1

A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with a magnetic tip that has a sufficiently strong spin-polarization can be used to map the sample's spin structure down to the atomic scale b…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 6 cited

Function follows form: From semiconducting to metallic towards superconducting PbS nanowires by faceting the crystal

Mohammad Mehdi Ramin Moayed, Sascha Kull, Angelique Rieckmann +8

In the realm of colloidal nanostructures, with its immense capacity for shape and dimensionality control, the form is undoubtedly a driving factor for the tunability of optical and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 28 cited

Anisotropic circular photogalvanic effect in colloidal tin sulfide nanosheets

Mohammad Mehdi Ramin Moayed, Fu Li, Philip Beck +2

Tin sulfide promises very interesting properties such as a high optical absorption coefficient and a small band gap, while being less toxic compared to other metal chalcogenides. H…