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Quantum charge pumping through Majorana bound states

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2019-03-05 v1

Abstract

We study adiabatic charge pumping through a Majorana bound state tunnel coupled to multiple normal leads. We show that for most of the parameters such a pump does not lead to any net pumped charge between the various leads unless a multiply connected geometry is implemented. We introduce an Aharonov-Bohm ring geometry at the junction to implement such a multiply connected geometry. We further show that the Fourier transform of the pumped charge with respect to flux inserted through the ring shows a clear distinction between the case of an Andreev bound state and the Majorana bound state. Hence such a Fourier analysis can serve as a diagnostic for the detection of Majorana bound states in the proposed geometry.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1809.00784,
  title  = {Quantum charge pumping through Majorana bound states},
  author = {Krashna Mohan Tripathi and Sumathi Rao and Sourin Das},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.00784},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

7 pages, 5 figures

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