Tomography of Zero-Energy End Modes in Topological Superconducting Wires
Abstract
We describe the Majorana zero modes in topological hybrid superconductor-semiconductor wires with spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field, in terms of generalized Bloch coordinates φ ,θ ,δ . When the spin-orbit coupling and the magnetic field are perpendicular, φ and δ are universal in an appropriate coordinate system. We show how to extract the angle θ from the behavior of the Josephson current-phase relation, which enables tomography of the Majorana modes. Simple analytical expressions describe accurately the numerical results.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.256801
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2007.11619
- Bibcode:
- 2020PhRvL.125y6801A
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- main 5 pages (without references) and 3 figures, a supplemental material of 8 pages and 2 figures. Accepted version