Timeline for Experimental signature of topological superconductor
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| Jul 19, 2013 at 15:36 | vote | accept | FraSchelle | ||
| Jul 13, 2013 at 7:10 | answer | added | NanoPhys | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jul 12, 2013 at 15:49 | comment | added | BebopButUnsteady | But from another perspective aren't these modes quite different? The local excitation on the surface of a topological insulator are metallic density fluctuations, whereas on a superconductor they are $U(1)$ fluctuations. Simply there is no dissipation on a superconductor, whereas there must be on the topological edge state. | |
| Jul 12, 2013 at 15:29 | history | edited | BebopButUnsteady |
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| Jul 12, 2013 at 15:28 | comment | added | BebopButUnsteady | That is an excellent point about the surfaces of superconductors. Part of the definition of topological insulators is that they are robust against all types of disorder that respect certain discrete symmetries. So maybe one should think about the behavior of trivial superconductor in the presence of random $U(1)$ perturbations. | |
| Jul 12, 2013 at 11:52 | history | asked | FraSchelle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |