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 $p_x+i{p}_y$ superconductivity and that its topological phase diagram contains Chern numbers higher than $\xi /a(\gg 1)$, 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.

• Received 18 December 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.236803