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ArticleNature communications2026

Spin-polarized edge modes between different magnet-superconductor-hybrids.

Felix Zahner, Felix Nickel, Roberto Lo Conte, Tim Drevelow, Roland Wiesendanger, Stefan Heinze, Kirsten von Bergmann

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Felix Zahner *Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstraße 11, Hamburg, Germany. felix.zahner@uni-hamburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0501-9793
Felix Nickel *Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany. nickel@physik.uni-kiel.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4064-2049
Roberto Lo ConteZernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-9978
Tim DrevelowInstitut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4162-7996
Roland WiesendangerDepartment of Physics, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstraße 11, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-4183
Stefan HeinzeInstitut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-0082
Kirsten von BergmannDepartment of Physics, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstraße 11, Hamburg, Germany. kirsten.von.bergmann@uni-hamburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4514-3254

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 402843438Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 552644472Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 555842692
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Abstract

The interplay of magnetism and superconductivity can lead to intriguing emergent phenomena. Here we combine two different two-dimensional antiferromagnetic magnet-superconductor hybrids (MSH) and study their properties using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy. Both MSHs show the characteristics of a topological nodal point superconducting phase with edge modes to the trivial substrate superconductor. At the boundary between the two MSHs we find low-energy modes which are spin-polarized. Based on a tight-binding model we can explain the experimental observations by considering two different topological nodal point superconductors. At their boundary spin-polarized chiral edge modes emerge that connect topological nodal points of the two different MSH. We demonstrate via the complex band structure that due to an asymmetric lateral decay these edge modes are spin-polarized, regardless of the details of the spin structure at the boundary. This work shows how interfaces between two distinct topological nodal point superconductors can serve as a platform to engineer spin-polarized edge modes.

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