Measuring Majorana nonlocality and spin structure with a quantum dot

Robust zero-bias transport anomalies in semiconducting nanowires with proximity-induced superconductivity have been convincingly demonstrated in various experiments. While these are compatible with the existence of Majorana zero modes at the ends of the nanowire, a direct proof of their nonlocality...

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Autores: Prada, Elsa, Aguado, Ramón, San-Jose, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/690197
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/690197
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.085418
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Majorana fermions
Spin-orbit coupling
Topological quantum computing
Topological superconductors
Física
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Sumario:Robust zero-bias transport anomalies in semiconducting nanowires with proximity-induced superconductivity have been convincingly demonstrated in various experiments. While these are compatible with the existence of Majorana zero modes at the ends of the nanowire, a direct proof of their nonlocality and topological protection is now needed. Here we show that a quantum dot at the end of the nanowire may be used as a powerful spectroscopic tool to quantify the degree of Majorana nonlocality through a local transport measurement. Moreover, the spin polarization of dot subgap states at singlet-doublet transitions in the Coulomb blockade regime allows the dot to directly probe the spin structure of the Majorana wave function and indirectly measure the spin-orbit coupling of the nanowire