Topological superconductivity and high Chern numbers in 2D ferromagnetic Shiba lattices


Abstract in English

Inspired by the recent experimental observation of topological superconductivity in ferromagnetic chains, we consider a dilute 2D lattice of magnetic atoms deposited on top of a superconducting surface with a Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We show that the studied system supports a generalization of $p_x+ip_y$ superconductivity and that its topological phase diagram contains Chern numbers higher than $xi/a$ $(gg1)$, where $xi$ is the superconducting coherence length and $a$ is the distance between the magnetic atoms. The signatures of nontrivial topology can be observed by STM spectroscopy in finite-size islands.

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