Zero bias conductance peak in InAs nanowire coupled to superconducting electrodes

We report the occurrence of the zero-bias conductance peak (ZBCP) in an InAs nanowire coupled to PbIn superconductors with varying temperature, bias voltage, and magnetic field. The ZBCP is suppressed with increasing temperature and bias voltage above the Thouless energy of the nanowire. Applying a magnetic field also diminishes the ZBCP when the resultant magnetic flux reaches the magnetic flux quantum h/2e. Our observations are consistent with theoretical expectations of reflectionless tunneling, in which the phase coherence between an electron and its Andreev-reflected hole induces the ZBCP as long as time-reversal symmetry is preserved. •We report the occurrence of the zero-bias conductance peak (ZBCP) in an InAs nanowire coupled to PbIn superconductor.•The ZBCP is suppressed with increasing temperature and bias voltage above the Thouless energy of the InAs nanowire.•Applying a magnetic field diminishes the ZBCP when the resultant magnetic flux reaches the magnetic flux quantum h/2e.•Our observations are consistent with theoretical expectations of reflectionless tunneling, which differs the ZBCP caused by Majorana fermions.