Detecting coupling of Majorana bound states with an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer

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العنوان: Detecting coupling of Majorana bound states with an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer
المؤلفون: Ramos-Andrade, J. P., Orellana, P. A., Ulloa, S. E.
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: We study the transport properties of an interferometer composed by a quantum dot (QD) coupled with two normal leads and two one-dimensional topological superconductor nanowires (TNWs) hosting Majorana bound states (MBS) at their ends. The geometry considered is such that one TNW has both ends connected with the QD, forming an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer threaded by an external magnetic flux, while the other TNW is placed near the interferometer TNW. This geometry can alternatively be seen as a long wire contacted across a local defect, with possible coupling between independent-MBS. We use the Green's function formalism to calculate the conductance across normal current leads on the QD. We find that the conductance exhibits a half-quantum value regardless of the AB phase and location of the dot energy level, whenever the interferometer configuration interacts with the neighboring TNW. These findings suggest that such a geometry could be used for a sensitive detection of MBS interactions across TNWs, exploiting the high sensitivity of conductance to the AB phase in the interferometer.
Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/aaa1b2
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1706.09947
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1706.09947
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1088/1361-648X/aaa1b2