Pinning of Andreev bound states to zero energy in two-dimensional superconductor-semiconductor Rashba heterostructures

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Pinning of Andreev bound states to zero energy in two-dimensional superconductor-semiconductor Rashba heterostructures
المؤلفون: Dmytruk, Olesia, Loss, Daniel, Klinovaja, Jelena
المصدر: Phys. Rev. B 102, 245431 (2020)
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: We consider a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) partially covered by an s-wave superconductor, where the uncovered region remains normal but is exposed to an effective Zeeman field applied perpendicular to the plane. We find analytically and numerically Andreev bound states (ABSs) formed in the normal region and show that, due to SOI and by tuning the parameters of the system deeply into the topologically trivial phase, one can reach a regime where the energy of the lowest ABS becomes pinned close to zero as a function of Zeeman field. The energy of such an ABS is shown to decay as an inverse power-law in Zeeman field. We also consider a superconductor-semiconductor heterostructure with a superconducting vortex at the center and in the presence of strong SOI, and find again ABSs that can get pinned close to zero energy in the non-topological phase.
Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.245431
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.14369
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2007.14369
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.245431