scholarly journals Photon-Assisted Transport Through a Quantum Dot Side-Coupled to Majorana Bound States

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Chi ◽  
Tian-Yu He ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Zhen-Guo Fu ◽  
Li-Ming Liu ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. S. Ricco ◽  
J. E. Sanches ◽  
Y. Marques ◽  
M. de Souza ◽  
M. S. Figueira ◽  
...  

AbstractWe consider transport properties of a hybrid device composed by a quantum dot placed between normal and superconducting reservoirs, and coupled to a Majorana nanowire: a topological superconducting segment hosting Majorana bound states (MBSs) at the opposite ends. It is demonstrated that if highly nonlocal and nonoverlapping MBSs are formed in the system, the zero-bias Andreev conductance through the dot exhibits characteristic isoconductance profiles with the shape depending on the spin asymmetry of the coupling between the dot and the topological superconductor. Otherwise, for overlapping MBSs with less degree of nonlocality, the conductance is insensitive to the spin polarization and the isoconductance signatures disappear. This allows to propose an alternative experimental protocol for probing the nonlocality of the MBSs in Majorana nanowires.


2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 024707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Jiang Gong ◽  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Zhen Gao ◽  
Guangyu Yi ◽  
Xin Zhang

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (12) ◽  
pp. 124302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Hong ◽  
Feng Chi ◽  
Zhen-Guo Fu ◽  
Yue-Fei Hou ◽  
Zhigang Wang ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 043033 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Zhang ◽  
Franco Nori

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 103704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui Jiang ◽  
Gang Lu ◽  
Wei-Jiang Gong

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (31) ◽  
pp. 315011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Chen ◽  
Ke-Qiu Chen ◽  
Hong-Kang Zhao

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu-Hua Wang ◽  
Wen-Cheng Huang

We study theoretically the properties of local heat originated from energy exchange between electrons passing through a quantum dot (QD) coupled to a phonon bath. The dot is sandwiched between two normal metal leads and also side-coupled to Majorana bound states (MBSs) formed at opposite ends of a topological superconductor nanowire. We find that in addition to the negative differential of heat generation (NDHG) in the Coulomb blockade regime, another NDHG emerges near the leads’ Fermi level due to the dot-MBS coupling. This dual NDHG effect is robust against the variation of intradot Coulomb interaction strength, and disappears if the QD is coupled to regular Fermions. Direct hybridization between the MBSs reduces their impacts on the electronic transport processes, and eliminates the dual NDHG effect. Our results show that the dual NDHG effect is quite efficient for inferring the existence of MBSs, and may remedy some limitations of the detection schemes relying on tunneling spectroscopy technique.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1527-1535
Author(s):  
Jun-Hui Zheng ◽  
Dao-Xin Yao ◽  
Zhi Wang

Background: A Majorana bound state is a superconducting quasiparticle that is the superposition of particle and hole with equal amplitude. We propose a verification of this amplitude equality by analyzing the spatial Rabi oscillations of the quantum states of a quantum dot that is tunneling-coupled to the Majorana bound states. Results: We find two resonant Rabi driving energies that correspond to the energy splitting due to the coupling of two spatially separated Majorana bound states. The resulting Rabi oscillating frequencies from these two different resonant driving energies are identical for the Majorana bound states, while different for ordinary Andreev bound states. We further study a double-quantum-dot setup and find a nonlocal quantum correlation between them that is mediated by two Majorana bound states. This nonlocal correlation has the signature of additional resonant driving energies. Conclusion: Our method can be used to distinguish between Majorana bound states and Andreev bound states. It also gives a precise measurement of the energy splitting between two Majorana bound states.


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