Coulomb blockade of Majorana-fermion-induced transport
Abstract
We study Coulomb charging effects for transport through a topologically nontrivial superconducting wire, where Majorana bound states are present at the interface to normal-conducting leads. We construct the general Keldysh functional integral representation and provide detailed results for the nonlinear current-voltage relation under weak Coulomb blockade conditions.
- Publication:
-
Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1108.4308
- Bibcode:
- 2011PhRvB..84p5440Z
- Keywords:
-
- 71.10.Pm;
- 73.23.-b;
- 74.50.+r;
- Fermions in reduced dimensions;
- Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems;
- Tunneling phenomena;
- point contacts weak links Josephson effects;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 3 figures