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Large zero bias peaks and dips in a four-terminal thin InAs-Al nanowire device

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2022-09-27 v1

Abstract

We report electron transport studies of a thin InAs-Al hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanowire device using a four-terminal design. Compared to previous works, thinner InAs nanowire (diameter less than 40 nm) is expected to reach fewer sub-band regime. The four-terminal device design excludes electrode contact resistance, an unknown value which has inevitably affected previously reported device conductance. Using tunneling spectroscopy, we find large zero-bias peaks (ZBPs) in differential conductance on the order of 2e2/h2e^2/h. Investigating the ZBP evolution by sweeping various gate voltages and magnetic field, we find a transition between a zero-bias peak and a zero-bias dip while the zero-bias conductance sticks close to 2e2/h2e^2/h. We discuss a topologically trivial interpretation involving disorder, smooth potential variation and quasi-Majorana zero modes.

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@article{arxiv.2107.08282,
  title  = {Large zero bias peaks and dips in a four-terminal thin InAs-Al nanowire device},
  author = {Huading Song and Zitong Zhang and Dong Pan and Donghao Liu and Zhaoyu Wang and Zhan Cao and Lei Liu and Lianjun Wen and Dunyuan Liao and Ran Zhuo and Dong E Liu and Runan Shang and Jianhua Zhao and Hao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.08282},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Raw data and processing codes are available at http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5111639