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Current Correlations in a Majorana Beam Splitter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-12-16 v3 Superconductivity

Abstract

We study current correlations in a TT-junction composed of a grounded topological superconductor and of two normal-metal leads which are biased at a voltage VV. We show that the existence of an isolated Majorana zero mode in the junction dictates a universal behavior for the cross correlation of the currents through the two normal-metal leads of the junction. The cross correlation is negative and approaches zero at high bias voltages as -1/VV. This behavior is robust in the presence of disorder and multiple transverse channels, and persists at finite temperatures. In contrast, an accidental low-energy Andreev bound state gives rise to nonuniversal behavior of the cross correlation. We employ numerical transport simulations to corroborate our conclusions.

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@article{arxiv.1509.00463,
  title  = {Current Correlations in a Majorana Beam Splitter},
  author = {Arbel Haim and Erez Berg and Felix von Oppen and Yuval Oreg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00463},
  year   = {2015}
}

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