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Searching for two-dimensional Weyl superconductors in heterostructures

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Two-dimensional Weyl superconductor is the most elusive member of a group of materials with Weyl fermions as low-energy excitations. Here, we propose to realize this state in a heterostructure consisting… Click to show full abstract

Two-dimensional Weyl superconductor is the most elusive member of a group of materials with Weyl fermions as low-energy excitations. Here, we propose to realize this state in a heterostructure consisting of thin films of half-metal and spin-singlet superconductor. In particular, for the $d$-wave case, a very robust two-dimensional Weyl superconductor (dWSC) is realized independent of the orientation of the spontaneous magnetization of the half-metal. The quasiparticle spectra of the dWSC show interesting evolution with the direction of the magnetization, featured by a series of Lifshitz transitions in the zero-energy contour of the quasiparticle spectrum. For a general magnetization orientation of the half-metal, the state is a combination of a superconducting component and a normal fluid component and is different from all known forms of pairings. In addition, we find a transition between type-I and type-II Weyl nodes. This is also the first example of a type-II Weyl node in the presence of superconducting correlation. The symmetries and topological properties of the system are analyzed. We also study the phases in the heterostructure with the half-metal replaced by a ferromagnetic metal with a partially spin-polarized Fermi surface.

Keywords: weyl superconductors; searching two; two dimensional; dimensional weyl; half metal

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2017

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