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Mixed-parity octupolar pairing and corner Majorana modes in three dimensions

Bitan Roy
(
- Lehigh U.
)
,
Vladimir Juricic
(
- Nordita and
- Santa Maria U., Valparaiso
)

Jun 2, 2021

6 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.B 104 (2021) 18, L180503

Published: Nov 1, 2021

e-Print:

2106.01361 [cond-mat.supr-con]

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L180503 (publication)

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We identify time-reversal symmetry breaking mixed-parity superconducting states that feature eight Majorana corner modes in properly cleaved three-dimensional cubic crystals. Namely, when an odd-parity isotropic

p

-wave pairing coexists with cubic symmetry preserving even-parity octupolar

d_{x^{2} - y^{2}} + i d_{3 z^{2} - r^{2}}

pairing, the gapless surface Majorana modes of the former get localized at the eight corners, thus yielding an intrinsic third-order topological superconductor (TOTSC). A cousin

d_{x y} + i d_{3 z^{2} - r^{2}}

pairing also accommodating eight corner Majorana modes, by virtue of breaking the cubic symmetry, in contrast, yields an extrinsic TOTSC. We identify a doped octupolar (topological or trivial) Dirac insulator as a suitable platform to sustain such unconventional superconductors, realized from an intraunit cell pairing. Finally, we argue that the proposed TOTSC can be experimentally realizable in NaCl and other structurally similar compounds under high pressure.

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Published Version: 6 Pages, 3 Figures (Supplementary Materials: as ancillary file)

dimension: 3
superconductivity: topological
pressure: high
Majorana
parity
surface
time reversal
symmetry breaking
topological insulator

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