Fractional Spin and Josephson Effect in Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Superconductors
Time-reversal-invariant topological superconducting (TRITOPS) wires are known to host a fractional spin /4 at their ends. We investigate how this fractional spin affects the Josephson current in a TRITOPS-quantum dot-TRITOPS Josephson junction, describing the wire in a model that can be tuned betwee...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/54335 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/54335 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Joshepson Topological Fractionalization Transport https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | Time-reversal-invariant topological superconducting (TRITOPS) wires are known to host a fractional spin /4 at their ends. We investigate how this fractional spin affects the Josephson current in a TRITOPS-quantum dot-TRITOPS Josephson junction, describing the wire in a model that can be tuned between a topological and a nontopological phase. We compute the equilibrium Josephson current of the full model by continuous-time Monte Carlo simulations and interpret the results within an effective low-energy theory. We show that in the topological phase, the 0-to-π transition is quenched via formation of a spin singlet from the quantum-dot spin and the fractional spins associated with the two adjacent topological superconductors. |
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