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Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires
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 bound states (MBSs) at the opposite ends. It is demonstrated that if highly n...
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author | Ricco, L. S. Sanches, J. E. Marques, Y. de Souza, M. Figueira, M. S. Shelykh, I. A. Seridonio, A. C. |
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description | 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 bound states (MBSs) at the opposite ends. It is demonstrated that if highly nonlocal and nonoverlapping MBSs are formed in the system, the zero-bias Andreev conductance through the dot exhibits characteristic isoconductance profiles with the shape depending on the spin asymmetry of the coupling between the dot and the topological superconductor. Otherwise, for overlapping MBSs with less degree of nonlocality, the conductance is insensitive to the spin polarization and the isoconductance signatures disappear. This allows to propose an alternative experimental protocol for probing the nonlocality of the MBSs in Majorana nanowires. |
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spelling | pubmed-83977702021-09-01 Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires Ricco, L. S. Sanches, J. E. Marques, Y. de Souza, M. Figueira, M. S. Shelykh, I. A. Seridonio, A. C. Sci Rep Article 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 bound states (MBSs) at the opposite ends. It is demonstrated that if highly nonlocal and nonoverlapping MBSs are formed in the system, the zero-bias Andreev conductance through the dot exhibits characteristic isoconductance profiles with the shape depending on the spin asymmetry of the coupling between the dot and the topological superconductor. Otherwise, for overlapping MBSs with less degree of nonlocality, the conductance is insensitive to the spin polarization and the isoconductance signatures disappear. This allows to propose an alternative experimental protocol for probing the nonlocality of the MBSs in Majorana nanowires. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8397770/ /pubmed/34453069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96415-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis 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 Ricco, L. S. Sanches, J. E. Marques, Y. de Souza, M. Figueira, M. S. Shelykh, I. A. Seridonio, A. C. Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires |
title | Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires |
title_full | Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires |
title_fullStr | Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires |
title_full_unstemmed | Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires |
title_short | Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires |
title_sort | topological isoconductance signatures in majorana nanowires |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8397770/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34453069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96415-3 |
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