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We study Majorana zero modes properties in cylindrical cross-section semiconductor quantum wires based on the $k \cdot p$ theory and a discretized lattice model. Within this model, the influence of disorder potentials in the wire and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-27 Chao Lei , Guru Khalsa , Jiangfeng Du , Allan H. MacDonald

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

In this work we investigate Majorana correlations in quantum impurities coupled to a topological superconducting wire. By employing a density matrix renormalization group approach, we have calculated the Majorana correlation functions in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-01-27 G. S. Diniz , E. Vernek

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

The prospect of using semiconductor quantum dots as an experimental tool to distinguish Majorana zero modes (MZMs) from other zero-energy excitations such as Kondo resonances has brought up the fundamental question of whether topological…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-04 Joelson F. Silva , Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva , E. Vernek

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 propose and investigate a simple one-dimensional model for a single-channel quantum wire hosting electrons that interact repulsively and are subject to a significant spin-orbit interaction. We show that an external Zeeman magnetic field,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-10-29 Ren-Bo Wang , Akira Furusaki , Oleg A. Starykh

We study a hybrid structure, comprising the single-level quantum dot attached to the topological superconducting nanowire, inspecting dynamical transfer of the Majorana quasiparticle onto normal region. Motivated by the recent experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 J. Baranski , M. Baranska , T. Zienkiewicz , R. Taranko , T. Domanski

The topological Kondo effect is a genuine manifestation of the nonlocality of Majorana modes. We investigate its out-of-equilibrium signatures in a model with a Cooper-pair box hosting four of these topological modes, each connected to a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-11-27 Matteo M. Wauters , Chia-Min Chung , Lorenzo Maffi , Michele Burrello

Majorana bound states emerge in topological superconductors as zero-energy edge states exhibiting spatial nonlocality. Despite the enormous advances, the detection of Majorana bound states is still challenging mainly because topologically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-13 Vimalesh Kumar Vimal , Jorge Cayao

We investigate a minimal system consisting of a quantum dot coupled to a Majorana zero mode and a normal lead. We identify the underlying screening process as a novel spin-charge Kondo effect, where the low-energy spin and charge degrees of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-19 Haojie Shen , Wei Su , Mengnan Chen , Xiaoqun Wang

Superconducting wires without time-reversal and spin-rotation symmetries can be driven into a topological phase that supports Majorana bound states. Direct detection of these zero-energy states is complicated by the proliferation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-09 A. R. Akhmerov , J. P. Dahlhaus , F. Hassler , M. Wimmer , C. W. J. Beenakker

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 introduce the concept of spinful many-particle Majorana modes with local odd operator products, thereby preserving their local statistics. We consider a superconductor-double-quantum-dot system where these modes can arise with negligible…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-30 Anthony R. Wright , Menno Veldhorst

We theoretically study quantum transport through a quantum dot coupled to Majorana bound states confined at the ends of a topological superconducting nanowire. The topological superconductor forms a loop and is threaded by a tunable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-25 Levente Máthé , Doru Sticlet , Liviu P. Zârbo

Multi-channel spin-orbit quantum wires, when subjected to a magnetic field and proximity coupled to s-wave superconductor, may support Majorana states. We study what happens to these systems in the presence of disorder. Inspired by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Patrick Neven , Dmitry Bagrets , Alexander Altland

We study two-terminal configurations in junctions between a topological superconducting wire with spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field, and an ordinary conductor with an embedded quantum dot. One of the signatures of the Majorana zero…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-07-26 Leonel Gruñeiro , Miguel Alvarado , Alfredo Levy Yeyati , Liliana Arrachea

We study the low-energy physics of a one-dimensional array of superconducting quantum dots realized by proximity coupling a semiconductor nanowire to multiple superconducting islands separated by narrow uncovered regions. The effective…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-21 John P. T. Stenger , Benjamin D. Woods , Sergey M. Frolov , Tudor D. Stanescu

The presence of a Majorana bound state in condensed matter systems is often associated to a zero bias peak in conductance measurements. Here, we analyze a system were this paradigm is violated. A Majorana bound state is always present at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Christoph Fleckenstein , Felix Keidel , Bjoern Trauzettel , Niccolo Traverso Ziani

Majorana zero modes are fractional quantum excitations appearing in pairs, each pair being a building block for quantum computation . Some possible signatures of these excitations have been reported as zero bias peaks at endpoints of…