Spin selective coupling to Majorana zero modes in mixed singlet and triplet superconducting nanowire
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the transport properties of a quasi one dimensional ferromagnet-superconductor junction where the superconductor consists of mixed singlet and triplet pairings. We show that the relative orientation of the stoner field () in the ferromagnetic lead and the vector of the superconductor acts like a on-off switch for the zero bias conductance of the device. In the regime, where triplet pairing amplitude dominates over the singlet counterpart (topological phase), a pair of Majorana zero modes appear at each end of the superconducting part of the nanowire. When is parallel or anti-parallel to the vector, transport gets completely blocked due to blockage in pairing while, when and are perpendicular to each other, the zero energy two terminal differential conductance spectra exhibits sharp transition from to as the magnetization strength in the lead becomes larger than the chemical potential indicating the spin selective coupling of pair of Majorana zero modes to the lead.
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@article{arxiv.1802.05244,
title = {Spin selective coupling to Majorana zero modes in mixed singlet and triplet superconducting nanowire},
author = {Ganesh C. Paul and Arijit Saha and Sourin Das},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.05244},
year = {2018}
}
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