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We study the subgap spectrum of the interacting single-level quantum dot coupled between two superconducting reservoirs, forming the Josephson-type circuit, and additionally hybridized with a metallic normal lead. This system allows for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-05 Tadeusz Domański , Martin Žonda , Vladislav Pokorný , Grzegorz Górski , Václav Janiš , Tomáš Novotný

We theoretically investigate electronic transport through a junction where a quantum dot (QD) is tunnel coupled on both sides to semiconductor nanowires with strong spin-orbit interaction and proximity-induced superconductivity. The results…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-12-09 Guang-Yao Huang , Martin Leijnse , Karsten Flensberg , Hongqi Xu

We propose an alternative route to transport experiments for detecting Majorana bound states (MBSs) by combining topological superconductivity with quantum optics in a superconducting $pn$ junction containing a quantum dot (QD). We consider…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-02 L. Bittermann , C. De Beule , D. Frombach , P. Recher

We introduce the concept of a Majorana molecule, a topological bound state appearing in the geometry of a double quantum dot (QD) structure flanking a topological superconducting nanowire. We demonstrate that, if the Majorana bound states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 J. E. Sanches , L. S. Ricco , W. N. Mizobata , Y. Marques , M. de Souza , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

We show that semiconductor nanowires coupled to an s-wave superconductor provide a playground to study effects of interactions between different topological superconducting phases supporting Majorana zero-energy modes. We consider quasi-one…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-12-30 Roman M. Lutchyn , Matthew P. A. Fisher

The effect of multiple topological transitions for electron-hole excitations is discovered in full shell proximitized semiconducting nanowires with trapped superconducting vortices, recently shown to be a promising platform for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-23 A. A. Kopasov , A. S. Mel'nikov

We consider core-shell nanowires with prismatic geometry contacted with two or more superconductors in the presence of a magnetic field applied parallel to the wire. In this geometry, the lowest energy states are localized on the outer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 Tudor D. Stanescu , Anna Sitek , Andrei Manolescu

We investigate the transport properties through a nanostructure composed of parallel double quantum dots coupled to two normal contacts. Additionally, each quantum dot is connected to a topological superconducting nanowire, hosting Majorana…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 A. P. Garrido , D. Zambrano , J. P. Ramos-Andrade , P. A. Orellana

The Hubbard on-site repulsion $U$ between opposite spin electrons on the same atomic orbital is widely regarded to be the most important source of electronic correlation in solids. Here we extend the Hubbard model to account for the fact…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Hirsch

The observation of zero-bias conductance peaks in vortex cores of certain Fe-based superconductors has sparked renewed interest in vortex-bound Majorana states. These materials are believed to be intrinsically topological in their bulk…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-13 Zhibo Ren , Justin Copenhaver , Leonid Rokhinson , Jukka I. Väyrynen

Majorana zero modes have gained significant interest due to their potential applications in topological quantum computing and in the realization of exotic quantum phases. These zero-energy quasiparticle excitations localize at the vortex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-13 Pasquale Marra , Daisuke Inotani , Takeshi Mizushima , Muneto Nitta

Hybrid nanowires combining semiconductor and superconductor materials appear well suited for the creation, detection, and control of Majorana bound states (MBSs). We demonstrate the emergence of MBSs from coalescing Andreev bound states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-06 M. T. Deng , S. Vaitiekenas , E. B. Hansen , J. Danon , M. Leijnse , K. Flensberg , J. Nygård , P. Krogstrup , C. M. Marcus

We discuss the thermoelectrical properties of nanowires hosting Majorana edge states. For a Majorana nanowire directly coupled to two normal reservoirs the thermopower always vanishes regardeless of the value of the Majorana hybridization.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Rosa Lopez , Minchul Lee , Llorens Serra , Jong Soo Lim

We consider the superconductor-semiconductor nanowire hybrid Majorana platform ("Majorana nanowire") in the presence of a deterministic spatially slowly varying inhomogeneous chemical potential and a random spatial quenched potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Haining Pan , Sankar Das Sarma

We investigate the Majorana fermions in a $T$-shaped semiconductor nanostructure with the Rashba spin-orbit coupling and a magnetic field in the proximity of an s-wave superconductor. It is found that the properties of the low-energy modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-29 Y. Zhou , M. W. Wu

Semiconducting nanowires with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling in the proximity with a superconductor and under a strong Zeeman field can potentially manifest Majorana zero modes at their edges and are a topical candidate for topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-08 Arnav Arora , Abhishek Kejriwal , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

We investigate the effects of Majorana bound states on the ac response of a quantum resistor-capacitor circuit which is composed of a topological superconducting wire whose two ends are tunnel-coupled to a lead and a spinless quantum dot,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-10 Minchul Lee

We analyze a setup composed of a correlated quantum dot (QD) coupled to one metallic lead and one end of topological chain hosting a Majorana zero mode (MZM). In such a hybrid structure, a leakage of the MZM into the region of the QD…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-24 Jan Baranski , Magdalena Baranska , Tomasz Zienkiewicz , Justyna Tomaszewska , Konrad Jerzy Kapcia

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

The Majorana zero mode in the semiconductor-superconductor nanowire is one of the promising candidates for topological quantum computing. Recently, in islands of nanowires, subgap-state energies have been experimentally observed to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-17 Zhan Cao , Hao Zhang , Hai-Feng Lü , Wan-Xiu He , Hai-Zhou Lu , X. C. Xie