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We investigate quantum transport through a quantum dot connected to source and drain leads and side-coupled to a topological superconducting nanowire (Kitaev chain) sustaining Majorana end modes. Using a recursive Green's function approach,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-06 E. Vernek , P. H. Penteado , A. C. Seridonio , J. C. Egues

We develop a theory of the nonlocal conductance $G_{RL}(V)$ for a disordered Majorana wire tuned near the topological transition critical point. Under these conditions, the antisymmetric part of the differential conductance, $[G_{RL}(V) -…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Vladislav D. Kurilovich , William S. Cole , Roman M. Lutchyn , Leonid I. Glazman

In this work we investigate the spin-dependent transport through a double quantum dot embedded in a ferromagnetic tunnel junction and side attached to a topological superconducting nanowire hosting Majorana zero-energy modes. We focus on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-22 Piotr Majek , Ireneusz Weymann

The chiral topological superconductor in two dimensions has a full pairing gap in the bulk and a single chiral Majorana state at the edge. The vortex of the chiral superconducting state carries a Majorana zero mode which is responsible for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Xiao-Liang Qi , Taylor L. Hughes , Shou-Cheng Zhang

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

The zero bias conductance of quantum dots coupled to ferromagnetic leads is investigated. In the strong coupling regime, it is found that the conductance is a non-monotonic function of the angle between the magnetisation directions in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Fransson

We study the nonequilibrium transport through a quantum dot coupled to normal and superconducting leads. We use the modified second-order perturbation theory to calculate the differential conductance and the local density of states at the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-26 Yasuhiro Yamada , Yoichi Tanaka , Norio Kawakami

Engineering chiral $p$-wave superconductivity in semiconductor structures offers fascinating ways to obtain and study Majorana modes in a condensed matter context. Here, we theoretically investigate chiral $p$-wave superconductivity in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-15 Benedikt Scharf , Igor Žutić

In this article, we study the quantum transport through a single-level quantum-dot in Kondo regime, coupled to current leads and embedded between two one-dimensional topological superconductors, each hosting Majorana zero modes at their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-24 G. A. Lara , J. P. Ramos-Andrade , D. Zambrano , P. A. Orellana

We investigate the linear thermoelectric response of an interacting quantum dot side-coupled by one of two Majorana fermions (MFs) formed at the ends of a topological superconducting wire. We employ the numerical renormalization group…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-22 Heunghwan Khim , Rosa Lopez , Jong Soo Lim , Minchul Lee

We present a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the spin-dependent thermoelectric properties of a double quantum dot system coupled to a topological superconducting nanowire and ferromagnetic leads. The study focuses on the behavior of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-18 Piotr Majek , Ireneusz Weymann

We calculate the differential conductance at a probe inserted in the weak link of a topological Josephson junction, consisting of a semiconducting nanowire deposited on top of two separated superconductors. Our aim is to understand how the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-17 Stefano Valentini , Rosario Fazio , Fabio Taddei

Chiral Majorana-fermion modes are shown to emerge as edge excitations in a superconductor--topological-insulator hybrid structure that is subject to a magnetic field. The velocity of this mode is tunable by changing the magnetic-field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-19 Rakesh P. Tiwari , U. Zülicke , C. Bruder

We investigate the topological phase diagram of {an extension of the Haldane model with equal spin pairing superconductivity}. In two dimensions, we find a topological nodal superconducting phase, which exhibits a chiral Majorana mode…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Simone Traverso , Niccolò Traverso Ziani , Maura Sassetti , Fernando Dominguez

We theoretically study transport properties of voltage-biased one-dimensional superconductor--normal metal--superconductor tunnel junctions with arbitrary junction transparency where the superconductors can have trivial or nontrivial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 F. Setiawan , William S. Cole , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

Spin-orbit coupled semiconducting nanowires with proximity-induced superconductivity are expected to host Majorana zero modes at their endpoints when a sufficiently strong magnetic field is applied. The resulting phase would be a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 David J. Clarke

We calculate the linear conductance of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)-based junction between a normal semiconductor section and a hybrid semiconductor-superconductor section, under perpendicular magnetic field. We consider two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Llorenç Serra , Kaveh Delfanazari

Spin and charge transport through a quantum dot coupled to external nonmagnetic leads is analyzed theoretically in terms of the non-equilibrium Green function formalism based on the equation of motion method. The dot is assumed to be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 R. Swirkowicz , J. Barnas , M. Wilczynski

We study the thermoelectric transport through a single-level quantum dot (QD) coupled to two normal metallic leads and side-coupled to Majorana bound state (MBS). The Coulomb interaction in QD is considered. To investigate only the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-10 Chol Won Ri , Kum Hyok Jong , Song Jin Im , Hak Chol Pak

We study the charge conductance of an interface between a normal metal and a superconducting quantum anomalous Hall system, based on the recursive Green's function. The angle resolved conductance gamma(ky, eV) with the momentum ky parallel…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-11-13 Akihiro Ii , Ai Yamakage , Keiji Yada , Masatoshi Sato , Yukio Tanaka