Hybridization of Subgap States in One-Dimensional Superconductor-Semiconductor Coulomb Islands
Abstract
We present measurements of one-dimensional superconductor-semiconductor Coulomb islands, fabricated by gate confinement of a two-dimensional InAs heterostructure with an epitaxial Al layer. When tuned via electrostatic side gates to regimes without subgap states, Coulomb blockade reveals Cooper-pair mediated transport. When subgap states are present, Coulomb peak positions and heights oscillate in a correlated way with magnetic field and gate voltage, as predicted theoretically, with (anti)crossings in (parallel) transverse magnetic field indicating Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. Overall results are consistent with a picture of overlapping Majorana zero modes in finite wires.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1804.09676
- Bibcode:
- 2018PhRvL.121y6803O
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
- E-Print:
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 256803 (2018)