Non-Majorana states yield nearly quantized conductance in superconductor-semiconductor nanowire devices

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العنوان: Non-Majorana states yield nearly quantized conductance in superconductor-semiconductor nanowire devices
المؤلفون: Yu, P., Chen, J., Gomanko, M., Badawy, G., Bakkers, E. P. A. M., Zuo, K., Mourik, V., Frolov, S. M.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
الوصف: Conductance at zero source-drain voltage bias in InSb nanowire/NbTiN superconductor devices exhibits peaks that are close to a quantized value of $2e^2/h$. The nearly quantized resonances evolve in the tunnel barrier strength, magnetic field and magnetic field orientation in a way consistent with Majorana zero modes. Our devices feature two tunnel probes on both ends of the nanowire separated by a 400 nm nanowire segment covered by the superconductor. We only find nearly quantized zero bias peaks localized to one end of the nanowire, while conductance dips are observed for the same parameters on the other end. This undermines the Majorana explanation as Majorana modes must come in pairs. We do identify states delocalized from end to end near zero magnetic field and at higher electron density, which is not in the basic Majorana regime. We lay out procedures for assessing the nonlocality of subgap wavefunctions and provide a classification of nanowire bound states based on their localization.
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نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-020-01107-w
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.08583
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2004.08583
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1038/s41567-020-01107-w