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Plateau regions for zero-bias peaks within 5% of the quantized conductance value $2e^2/h$

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2022-10-18 v2

Abstract

Probing an isolated Majorana zero mode is predicted to reveal a tunneling conductance quantized at 2e2/h2e^2/h at zero temperature. Experimentally, a zero-bias peak (ZBP) is expected and its height should remain robust against relevant parameter tuning, forming a quantized plateau. Here, we report the observation of large ZBPs in a thin InAs-Al hybrid nanowire device. The ZBP height can stick close to 2e2/h2e^2/h, mostly within 5%5\% tolerance, by sweeping gate voltages and magnetic field. We further map out the phase diagram and identify two plateau regions in the phase space. Despite the presence of disorder and quantum dots, our result constitutes a step forward towards establishing Majorana zero modes.

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@article{arxiv.2205.06736,
  title  = {Plateau regions for zero-bias peaks within 5% of the quantized conductance value $2e^2/h$},
  author = {Zhaoyu Wang and Huading Song and Dong Pan and Zitong Zhang and Wentao Miao and Ruidong Li and Zhan Cao and Gu Zhang and Lei Liu and Lianjun Wen and Ran Zhuo and Dong E. Liu and Ke He and Runan Shang and Jianhua Zhao and Hao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.06736},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Raw data and processing codes within this paper are available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6546974