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Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors
The chiral topological superconductor, which supports propagating nontrivial edge modes while maintaining a gapped bulk, can be realized hybridizing a quantum-anomalous-Hall thin slab with an ordinary s-wave superconductor. We show that by sweeping the voltage bias in a normal-hybrid-normal double j...
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description | The chiral topological superconductor, which supports propagating nontrivial edge modes while maintaining a gapped bulk, can be realized hybridizing a quantum-anomalous-Hall thin slab with an ordinary s-wave superconductor. We show that by sweeping the voltage bias in a normal-hybrid-normal double junction, the pattern of electric currents in the normal leads spans three main regimes. From single-mode edge-current quantization at low bias, to double-mode edge-current oscillations at intermediate voltages and up to diffusive bulk currents at larger voltages. Observing such patterns by resolving the spatial distribution of the local current in the thin slab could provide additional evidence, besides the global conductance, on the physics of chiral topological superconductors. |
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spelling | pubmed-106518432023-11-15 Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors Di Miceli, Daniele Serra, Llorenç Sci Rep Article The chiral topological superconductor, which supports propagating nontrivial edge modes while maintaining a gapped bulk, can be realized hybridizing a quantum-anomalous-Hall thin slab with an ordinary s-wave superconductor. We show that by sweeping the voltage bias in a normal-hybrid-normal double junction, the pattern of electric currents in the normal leads spans three main regimes. From single-mode edge-current quantization at low bias, to double-mode edge-current oscillations at intermediate voltages and up to diffusive bulk currents at larger voltages. Observing such patterns by resolving the spatial distribution of the local current in the thin slab could provide additional evidence, besides the global conductance, on the physics of chiral topological superconductors. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10651843/ /pubmed/37968369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47286-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Di Miceli, Daniele Serra, Llorenç Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors |
title | Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors |
title_full | Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors |
title_fullStr | Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors |
title_full_unstemmed | Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors |
title_short | Quantum-anomalous-Hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors |
title_sort | quantum-anomalous-hall current patterns and interference in thin slabs of chiral topological superconductors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10651843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37968369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47286-3 |
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