Fractional spin Josephson effect in topological spin superconductors

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Main Authors: Du, Liang, Jiang, Hua, Wu, Yijia, Xie, X. C.
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author Du, Liang
Jiang, Hua
Wu, Yijia
Xie, X. C.
author_facet Du, Liang
Jiang, Hua
Wu, Yijia
Xie, X. C.
contents Topological spin superconductors are $p$-wave spin-triplet exciton insulators whose topological edge modes have been shown to obey non-Abelian braiding statistics. Based on a toy model as the spin counterpart of the Kitaev's chain, we study the spin Josephson effect adopting the $S$-matrix as well as the Green's function method. The on-site energies of these topological edge modes lead to a transition between the fractional and integer spin Josephson effects. Moreover, non-vanishing on-site energies will also induce a charge pump through the spin Josephson junction. These two effects, distinct features of topological spin superconductors and absent in Majorana systems, can be utilized for spin transport detection of topological spin superconductors.
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spellingShingle Fractional spin Josephson effect in topological spin superconductors
Du, Liang
Jiang, Hua
Wu, Yijia
Xie, X. C.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Topological spin superconductors are $p$-wave spin-triplet exciton insulators whose topological edge modes have been shown to obey non-Abelian braiding statistics. Based on a toy model as the spin counterpart of the Kitaev's chain, we study the spin Josephson effect adopting the $S$-matrix as well as the Green's function method. The on-site energies of these topological edge modes lead to a transition between the fractional and integer spin Josephson effects. Moreover, non-vanishing on-site energies will also induce a charge pump through the spin Josephson junction. These two effects, distinct features of topological spin superconductors and absent in Majorana systems, can be utilized for spin transport detection of topological spin superconductors.
title Fractional spin Josephson effect in topological spin superconductors
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08157