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We propose a three-terminal structure to probe robust signatures of Majorana zero modes. This structure consists of a quantum dot coupled to the normal metal, s-wave superconducting and Majorana Y-junction leads. The zero-bias differential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-01 Guan-Hao Feng , Hong-Hao Zhang

We describe experimental signatures of Majorana fermion edge states, which form at the interface between a superconductor and the surface of a topological insulator. If a lead couples to the Majorana fermions through electron tunneling, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 K. T. Law , Patrick A. Lee , T. K. Ng

The Majorana fermion can be described by a real wave function with only two phases (0 and {\pi}) which provide a controllable degree of freedom. We propose a strategy to regulate the phase of the chiral Majorana state by coupling with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-03 Yan-Feng Zhou , Zhe Hou , Ying-Tao Zhang , Qing-Feng Sun

We consider a hybrid system consisting of two normal metal leads weakly connected to a superconductor. Current-current correlations of the normal leads are studied in the tunneling limit at subgap voltages and temperatures. We find that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Bignon , M. Houzet , F. Pistolesi , F. W. J. Hekking

Each end of a Kitaev chain in topological phase hosts a Majorana fermion. Zero bias conductance peak is an evidence of Majorana fermion when the two Majorana fermions are decoupled. These two Majorana fermions are separated in space and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-17 Abhiram Soori

One of the typical features of Majorana zero mode (MZM) at the end of topological superconductor is a zero-bias peak in the tunneling spectroscopy of the normal lead-superconductor junction. In this paper we study on a model with one phonon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-06 Ning Dai. Qing-Feng Sun

Andreev reflection, which corresponds to the tunneling of two electrons from a metallic lead to a superconductor lead as a Cooper pair (or vice versa), can be exploited to measure high frequency noise. A detector is proposed, which consists…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 T. K. T. Nguyen , T. Jonckheere , A. Crépieux , A. V. Nguyen , T. Martin

Trivial Andreev bound states arising from chemical potential variations could lead to zero-bias tunneling conductance peaks at finite magnetic fields in class $D$ nanowires, precisely mimicking the predicted zero-bias conductance peaks…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-22 Chun-Xiao Liu , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

We consider theoretically tunneling characteristic of a junction between a normal metal and a chain of coupled Majorana bound states generated at crossings between topological and non-topological superconducting sections, as a result of,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Karsten Flensberg

We calculate the current as a function of applied voltage in non-topological s-wave superconductor-quantum dot-topological superconductor tunnel junction. We consider the type of TS which hosts two Majorana bound states (MBS) at the ends of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Anatoly Golub

We study tunneling spectroscopy of discrete subgap Andreev states in a superconducting system. If the tunneling coupling is weak, individual levels are resolved and the conductance $G(V)$ at small temperatures is composed of a set of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-04 P. A. Ioselevich , M. V. Feigel'man

Shot noise cross-correlations across single layer graphene structures are calculated with insulators separating a superconducting region. A new feature of specular crossed Andreev reflection comes into play due to the unique band structure…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-06 Colin Benjamin , Jiannis K. Pachos

We calculate the full transport counting statistics in a three-terminal tunnel device with one superconducting source and two normal-metal or ferromagnet drains. We obtain the transport probability distribution from direct Andreev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-23 Jan Petter Morten , Daniel Huertas-Hernando , Wolfgang Belzig , Arne Brataas

We investigate theoretically the simultaneous tunneling of two electrons from a superconductor into a normal metal at low temperatures and voltages. Such an emission process is shown to be equivalent to the Andreev reflection of an incident…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Prada , F. Sols

We study a heterostructure which consists of a topological insulator and a superconductor with a hole. The hole pins a vortex. The system supports a robust Majorana fermion state bound to the vortex core. We investigate the possibility of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-03-26 R. S. Akzyanov , A. V. Rozhkov , A. L. Rakhmanov , Franco Nori

We present a method to identify distinct tunneling modes in tunable superconducting tunnel junction composed of superconducting tip and sample in scanning tunneling microscope. Combining the measurement of the relative decay constant of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-22 Wonhee Ko , Eugene F. Dumitrescu , Petro Maksymovych

We propose a conductance measurement to detect the backscattering of chiral Majorana edge states. Because normal and Andreev processes have equal probability for backscattering of a single chiral Majorana edge state, there is qualitative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-27 Suk Bum Chung , Xiao-Liang Qi , Joseph Maciejko , Shou-Cheng Zhang

We investigate the Majorana physics and its effect on the electron transport in the non-topological superconductor(NS)-topological superconductor(TS) double junctions of a ring geometry. We find that, depending on the ratio between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-22 Minchul Lee , Heunghwan Khim , Mahn-Soo Choi

A theory of crossed Andreev reflection in structures consisting of a superconductor with two ferromagnetic leads is presented. The electric current due to the crossed Andreev reflection strongly depends on the relative orientation of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Taro Yamashita , Saburo Takahashi , Sadamichi Maekawa

The Majorana search is caught up in an extensive debate about the false-positive signals from non-topological Andreev bound states (ABSs). We introduce a remedy using the dissipative probe to generate electron-boson interaction. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Donghao Liu , Gu Zhang , Zhan Cao , Hao Zhang , Dong E. Liu
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