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We numerically study the quantum phase transitions and the stability of Majorana zero modes in a generalized Kitaev model in one dimension when the chemical potential is periodically modulating in space. By using the exact diagonalization…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-17 Takumi Ohta , Keisuke Totsuka

We consider transport properties of a hybrid device composed by a quantum dot placed between normal and superconducting reservoirs, and coupled to a Majorana nanowire: a topological superconducting segment hosting Majorana zero-modes at the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-03 L. S. Ricco , J. E. Sanches , Y. Marques , M. de Souza , M. S. Figueira , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

We study the gapped phase of Kitaev's honeycomb model (a Z_2 spin liquid) in the presence of lattice defects. We find that some dislocations and bond defects carry unpaired Majorana fermions. Physical excitations associated with these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-10-30 Olga Petrova , Paula Mellado , Oleg Tchernyshyov

We present a combined experimental and theoretical analysis of the low bias conductance properties of carbon nanotubes coupled to superconducting leads. In the Kondo regime the conductance exhibits a zero bias peak which can be several…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Vecino , M. R. Buitelaar , A. Martin-Rodero , C. Schonenberger , A. Levy Yeyati

Few-site implementations of the Kitaev chain offer a minimal platform to study the emergence and stability of Majorana bound states. Here, we realize two- and three-site chains in semiconducting quantum dots coupled via superconductors, and…

Experimental signatures of Majorana zero modes in a single superconducting quantum wire with spin-orbit coupling have been reported as zero bias peaks in the tunneling spectroscopy. We study whether these zero modes can persist in an array…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-21 Da Wang , Zhoushen Huang , Congjun Wu

A system of an array of side-coupled quantum-dots attached to a quantum wire is studied theoretically. Transport through the quantum wire is investigated by means of a noninteracting Anderson tunneling Hamiltonian. Analytical expressions of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. A. Orellana , F. Dominguez-Adame , E. Diez

We study quasiparticle spectrum of the correlated quantum dot deposited on superconducting substrate which is side-coupled to the Rashba nanochain, hosting Majorana end modes. Ground state of an isolated quantum dot proximitized to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-08 Tomasz Zienkiewicz , Jan Barański , Grzegorz Górski , Tadeusz Domański

We calculate analytically the spectrum of the Andreev bound states in a half-infinite superconducting wire with an arbitrary number of bands crossing the chemical potential. The normal state of the wire is assumed to have an antiunitary…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-11 K. V. Samokhin

We consider electron transport in a model of a spinless superconductor described by a Kitaev type lattice Hamiltonian where the electron interactions are modelled through a superconducting pairing term. The superconductor is sandwiched…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-04 Junaid Majeed Bhat , Abhishek Dhar

An array of quantum wires is a natural starting point in realizing two-dimensional topological phases. We study a system of weakly coupled quantum wires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, proximity coupled to a conventional s-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 Inbar Seroussi , Erez Berg , Yuval Oreg

We study time-resolved charge transport in a superconducting nanowire using time-dependent Landauer-B{\"u}ttiker theory. We find that the steady-state Majorana zero-bias conductance peak emerges transiently accompanied by characteristic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-11 Riku Tuovinen , Enrico Perfetto , Robert van Leeuwen , Gianluca Stefanucci , Michael A. Sentef

The topological phases of random Kitaev $\alpha$-chains are labelled by the number of localized edge Majorana Zero Modes. The critical lines between these phases thus correspond to delocalization transitions for these localized edge…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2018-10-18 Cecile Monthus

We study the edge states for a quantum anomalous Hall system (QAHS) coupled with a spin-singlet s-wave superconductor through the proximity effect, and clarify the topological nature of them. When we consider a superconducting pair…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-05-10 Akihiro Ii , Keiji Yada , Masatoshi Sato , Yukio Tanaka

The magnetic character of the ground-state of two electrons on a double quantum dot, connected in series to left and right single-channel leads, is considered. By solving exactly for the spectrum of the two interacting electrons, it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 O. Entin-Wohlman , A. Aharony , Y. Levinson

We study the conductance of a quantum wire in the presence of weak electron-electron scattering. In a sufficiently long wire the scattering leads to full equilibration of the electron distribution function in the frame moving with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-03-19 J. Rech , T. Micklitz , K. A. Matveev

We consider electron transport in a Kitaev chain connected at its two ends to normal metallic leads kept at different temperatures and chemical potentials. Transport in this set-up is usually studied using two frameworks -- the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-19 Junaid Majeed Bhat , Abhishek Dhar

Majorana zero modes can appear at the wire ends of a 1D topological superconductor and manifest themselves as a quantized zero-bias conductance peak in the tunneling spectroscopy of normal-superconductor junctions. However, in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Haining Pan , Chun-Xiao Liu , Michael Wimmer , Sankar Das Sarma

We study the effects of vacancy disorder on the Kitaev model defined on a hexagonal lattice. We show that the vacancy disorder induces a zero-mode that is localized at the defect site. We derive analytical forms for these localized wave…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-30 Santhosh G. , V. Sreenath , Arul Lakshminarayan , Rajesh Narayanan

We study the electronic transport through a quantum wire (QW) with a strong side coupled quantum dot (QD). We obtain a linear conductance with lateral peaks when the gate voltage, is located near the edge of the conduction band. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Franco , E. V Anda , M. S. Figueira