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20142026
most citedControlling in-gap end states by linking nonmagnetic atoms and artificially-constructed spin chains on superconductors

60 citations · 179 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Exchange-induced suppression of superconductivity in a nano-skyrmion lattice - superconductor hybrid

Dongfei Wang, Wenbin Li, Eric Mascot +1

Engineered magnet-superconductor hybrids have recently been identified as promising platforms for the investigation of topological superconductivity. Beyond ferro- and antiferromag…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Creation and motion of antiferromagnetic skyrmions by edge manipulation

Aleksey Berg, Tim Matthies, Roland Wiesendanger +1

Magnetic racetrack architectures that use topological magnetic particles to store information are one of the most promising concepts for future storage applications. Antiferromagne…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Distinguishing Majorana zero modes from trivial defect states in an iron-based superconductor

Dongfei Wang, Jon Ortuzar, Freek Massee +5

Majorana zero modes, which obey non-Abelian exchange statistics, are promising candidates for topological quantum computation due to their robustness against environmental perturba…

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.mtrl-sci2025

Topological spin textures in an antiferromagnetic monolayer

Felix Zahner, Tim Drevelow, Roberto Lo Conte +3

Topological spin structures such as magnetic skyrmions are of fundamental interest and promising for various types of applications in spintronics. Skyrmions have been predicted to…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Reciprocity of Magnetism and Nanostructure Growth

Felix Zahner, Kirsten von Bergmann, Roland Wiesendanger +1

The growth of thin films and nanostructures is a fundamental process for constructing both model-type systems and nanoscale devices, where performance and functionalities can be co…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Robustness of Majorana modes to potential disorder in Fe chains on a superconducting Rashba alloy

Harim Jang, Daniel Crawford, Khai Ton That +6

Majorana modes offer great potential for fault-tolerant quantum computation due to their topological protection. However, for superconductor-semiconductor nanowire hybrids, intrins…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Spin-polarized edge modes between different magnet-superconductor-hybrids

Felix Zahner, Felix Nickel, Roberto Lo Conte +4

The interplay of magnetism and superconductivity can lead to intriguing emergent phenomena. Here we combine two different two-dimensional antiferromagnetic magnet-superconductor hy…

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.mes-hall2025★ 18 cited

Majorana quasiparticles in atomic spin chains on superconductors

Stephan Rachel, Roland Wiesendanger

For the past decade, Majorana quasiparticles have become one of the hot topics in condensed matter research. Besides the fundamental interest in the realization of particles being…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 7 cited

Topological meron-antimeron domain walls and skyrmions in a low-symmetry system

Reiner Brüning, Levente Rózsa, Roberto Lo Conte +3

The generation of topologically non-trivial magnetic configurations has been a pivotal topic in both basic and applied nanomagnetism research. Localized non-coplanar magnetic defec…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Magnet-superconductor hybrid quantum systems: a materials platform for topological superconductivity

Roberto Lo Conte, Jens Wiebe, Stephan Rachel +2

Magnet-superconductor hybrid (MSH) systems have recently emerged as one of the most significant developments in condensed matter physics. This has generated, in the last decade, a…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Non-local detection of coherent Yu-Shiba-Rusinov quantum projections

Khai Ton That, Chang Xu, Ioannis Ioannidis +5

Probing spatially confined quantum states from afar - a long-sought goal to minimize external interference - has been proposed to be achievable in condensed matter systems via cohe…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 1 cited

Strain-driven domain wall network with chiral junctions in an antiferromagnet

Vishesh Saxena, Mara Gutzeit, Arturo Rodríguez-Sota +6

Materials with antiferromagnetic order have recently emerged as promising candidates in spintronics based on their beneficial characteristics such as vanishing stray fields and ult…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Kicking Co and Rh atoms on a row-wise antiferromagnet

Felix Zahner, Soumyajyoti Haldar, Roland Wiesendanger +3

Diffusion on surfaces is a fundamental process in surface science, governing nanostructure and film growth, molecular self-assembly, and chemical reactions. Atom motion on non-magn…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 7 cited

Antiferromagnetic order of topological orbital moments in atomic-scale skyrmion lattices

Felix Nickel, André Kubetzka, Mara Gutzeit +3

Topological orbital moments can arise in non-coplanar spin structures even in the absence of spin-orbit coupling and a net topological orbital magnetization occurs for the triple-Q…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 10 cited

SP-STM study of the multi-Q phases in GdRu2Si2

Jonas Spethmann, Nguyen Duy Khanh, Haruto Yoshimochi +6

The two stable surfaces of GdRu2Si2 are studied using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy (SP-STM). Depending on the applied magnetic field different magnetic phases have…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

The Non-collinear Path to Topological Superconductivity

Reiner Brüning, Jasmin Bedow, Roberto Lo Conte +3

Combining spin textures in ultra-thin films with conventional superconductors has emerged as a powerful and versatile platform for designing topologically non-trivial superconducti…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 3 cited

Preparation and readout of Majorana qubits in magnet-superconductor hybrid systems

Dan Crawford, Roland Wiesendanger, Stephan Rachel

Initializing the ground state of a quantum bit (qubit) based on Majorana zero modes is one of the most pressing issues for future topological quantum computers. We explore a protoc…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

High-resolution spectroscopy of proximity superconductivity in finite-size quantized surface states

Lucas Schneider, Christian von Bredow, Howon Kim +4

Adding superconducting (SC) electron pairing via the proximity effect to pristinely non-superconducting materials can lead to a variety of interesting physical phenomena. Particula…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 39 cited

Proximity superconductivity in atom-by-atom crafted quantum dots

Lucas Schneider, Khai That Ton, Ioannis Ioannidis +4

Gapless materials in electronic contact with superconductors acquire proximity-induced superconductivity in a region near the interface. Numerous proposals build on this addition o…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 60 cited

Controlling in-gap end states by linking nonmagnetic atoms and artificially-constructed spin chains on superconductors

Lucas Schneider, Sascha Brinker, Manuel Steinbrecher +6

Chains of magnetic atoms with either strong spin-orbit coupling or spiral magnetic order which are proximity-coupled to superconducting substrates can host topologically non-trivia…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 32 cited

Intra- and Interband Electron Scattering in the Complex Hybrid Topological Insulator Bismuth Bilayer on BiSe

A. Eich, M. Michiardi, G. Bihlmayer +7

The band structure, intra- and interband scattering processes of the electrons at the surface of a bismuth-bilayer on BiSe have been experimentally investigated by low-temp…