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Detecting Majorana fermions by use of superconductor-quantum Hall liquid junctions

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2016-05-12 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The point contact tunnel junctions between a one-dimensional topological superconductor and single-channel quantum Hall (QH) liquids are investigated theoretically with bosonization technology and renormalization group methods. For the ν=1\nu=1 integer QH liquid, the universal low-energy tunneling transport is governed by the perfect Andreev reflection fixed point with quantized zero-bias conductance G(0)=2e2/hG(0)=2e^{2}/h, which can serve as a definitive fingerprint of the existence of a Majorana fermion. For the ν=1/m\nu =1/m Laughlin fractional QH liquids, its transport is governed by the perfect normal reflection fixed point with vanishing zero-bias conductance and bias-dependent conductance G(V)Vm2G(V) \sim V^{m-2}. Our setup is within reach of present experimental techniques.

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@article{arxiv.1602.05654,
  title  = {Detecting Majorana fermions by use of superconductor-quantum Hall liquid junctions},
  author = {Zheng-Wei Zuo and Huijuan Li and Liben Li and L. Sheng and R. Shen and D. Y. Xing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.05654},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure, Added references,Corrected typos