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Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor

Dong-Fei Wang ^{1, 2}

L Y Kong ^{1, 2}

Peng Fan ^{1, 2}

Hui Chen ¹

Shiyu Zhu ^{1, 2}

Wenyao Liu ^{1, 2}

Lu Cao ^{1, 2}

Y. J. Sun ^{1, 3}

Shixuan Du ^{1, 3, 4}

J. A. Schneeloch ⁵

Ruidan Zhong ⁵

Genda Gu ⁵

Liang Fu ⁶

H. Y. Ding ^{1, 2, 3, 4}

Hong-Jun Gao ^{1, 2, 3, 4}

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Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China. |

School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. |

CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. |

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Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, China. |

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Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA. |

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Department of physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2018-10-19

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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ISSN: 00368075, 10959203

DOI: 10.1126/science.aao1797

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An iron home for Majoranas

The surface of the iron-based superconductor FeTe _0.55 Se _0.45 has been identified as a potential topological superconductor and is expected to host exotic quasiparticles called the Majorana bound states (MBSs). Wang et al. looked for signatures of MBSs in this material by using scanning tunneling spectroscopy on the vortex cores formed by the application of a magnetic field. In addition to conventional states, they observed the characteristic zero-bias peaks associated with MBSs and were able to distinguish between the two, owing to the favorable ratios of energy scales in the system.

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Wang D. et al. Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor // Science. 2018. Vol. 362. No. 6412. pp. 333-335.

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Wang D., Kong L. Y., Fan P., Chen H., Zhu S., Liu W., Cao L., Sun Y. J., Du S., Schneeloch J. A., Zhong R., Gu G., Fu L., Ding H. Y., Gao H. Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor // Science. 2018. Vol. 362. No. 6412. pp. 333-335.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1126/science.aao1797

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TI - Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor

T2 - Science

AU - Wang, Dong-Fei

AU - Kong, L Y

AU - Fan, Peng

AU - Chen, Hui

AU - Zhu, Shiyu

AU - Liu, Wenyao

AU - Cao, Lu

AU - Sun, Y. J.

AU - Du, Shixuan

AU - Schneeloch, J. A.

AU - Zhong, Ruidan

AU - Gu, Genda

AU - Fu, Liang

AU - Ding, H. Y.

AU - Gao, Hong-Jun

PY - 2018

DA - 2018/10/19

PB - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

SP - 333-335

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VL - 362

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@article{2018_Wang,

author = {Dong-Fei Wang and L Y Kong and Peng Fan and Hui Chen and Shiyu Zhu and Wenyao Liu and Lu Cao and Y. J. Sun and Shixuan Du and J. A. Schneeloch and Ruidan Zhong and Genda Gu and Liang Fu and H. Y. Ding and Hong-Jun Gao},

title = {Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor},

journal = {Science},

year = {2018},

volume = {362},

publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},

month = {oct},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao1797},

number = {6412},

pages = {333--335},

doi = {10.1126/science.aao1797}

}

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Wang, Dong-Fei, et al. “Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor.” Science, vol. 362, no. 6412, Oct. 2018, pp. 333-335. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao1797.

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